Assertion: endotracheal tube's cuff | /r/HasProperty | displaced in latter instance
Facets:
value: to permit the catheter
type: PURPOSE
value: partially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In the latter instance, the upper cuff 14 may be partially displaced to permit the catheter to pass into the esophagus or stomach, without decreasing the pressure in the lower cuff 19 during this otherwise vulnerable interval when secretions could be aspirated into the unprotected trachea.