Assertion: endotracheal tube's cuff | /r/CapableOf | seal the trachea
Facets:
value: above the location of the cuff
type: LOCATION
value: adequately
type: MANNER
value: against air leakage
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Most tubes have an inflatable cuff to seal the trachea and bronchial tree against air leakage and aspiration of gastric contents, blood, secretions, and other fluids.
text: Once the endotracheal tube 10, is properly located, the inflatable cuff 14, is inflated by supplying inflation medium through the cuff lumen 12, until the inflatable cuff 14, adequately seals the trachea.
text: Once expanded, the cuff retains the endotracheal tube in position as well as sealing the trachea above the location of the cuff.