Assessment of the proper depth of endotracheal tube placement with the trachlight

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 389-393

  Locker, Gottfried J ^a   Staudinger, Thomas ^a   Knapp, Sylvia ^a   Burgmann, Heinz ^a   Laczika, Klaus F ^a   Zimmerl, Michael ^a   Hörmann, Marcus ^a   Frass, Michael R M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Proper endotracheal tube position; Trachlight(TM); Transillumination method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEX FACTORS; STERNUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRACHEA; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0032146391     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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