Choice of tracheal tube size for children: Finger size or age-related formula?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 701-703

  Van Den Berg, A A ^a   Mphanza, T ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; paediatric; Intubation; tracheal

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PHALANX; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREDICTION;

EID: 0030819896     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.az0130c.x     Document Type: Article

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