Ideal endotracheal tube placement by referencing measurements on the tube

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 550-552

  Ong, K C ^a   A'Court, G D ^a   Eng, P ^a   Ong, Y Y ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Intensive care unit; Intubation; Malposition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030179515     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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