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The Cook airway exchange catheter(TM) is mainly used in ICU patients to exc
hange endotracheal tubes. We report three cases where this device was used
during anaesthesia in patients with damaged tubes in critical circumstances
(oropharyngeal bleeding, head and neck surgery). It allowed a fast and atr
aumatic exchange of the tubes. (C) 1998 Elsevier, Paris.