CHICAGO — A measurement tool should be used to reduce overinflation of a device, located on breathing tubes, that protects the patient's airway during general anesthesia to help prevent complications such as sore throat, according to results of a quality improvement initiative presented at the virtual American Society of Anesthesiologists' Anesthesia Quality and Patient Safety Meeting. To prepare a patient for general anesthesia, the anesthesiologist places a breathing tube in the trachea (windpipe).

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