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Table 1 Specifications of the nasal preformed PVC tracheal tubes

From: Role of tube size and intranasal compression of the nasotracheal tube in respiratory pressure loss during nasotracheal intubation: a laboratory study

 

Length

Length of tubular part

Internal diameter

Wall thickness

6.0-mm ID

360.0 mm

332.8 mm

6.0 mm

1.1 mm

6.5-mm ID

370.0

342.2

6.5

1.1

7.0-mm ID

380.0

354.5

7.0

1.25

7.5-mm ID

390.0

359.8

7.5

1.3

8.0-mm ID

400.0

364.5

8.0

1.4

  1. PVC: polyvinyl chloride, Length of tubular part: the length between the distal end of the slip joint and Murphy eye at the distal end of the tube. The length and internal diameter of inlet of the slip joints for all sized NTTs were 35.5 and 11.6 mm, respectively