Endotracheal tube size selection guidelines for Chinese children: Prospective study of 533 cases

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 325-329

  Wong, Teresa Kit Man ^a   Wu, Rick Sai Chuen ^a   Chen, Chit ^a   Chang, Ting Chang ^a   Hseih, Fu Shing ^b   Tan, Peter P C ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese children; Endotracheal tube

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030898149     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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