Effect of neck position on endotracheal tube location in low birth weight infants

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-202

  Rost, James R ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a   Auten, Richard L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Endotracheal tube; Infants; Intubation; Neck position; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREATHING PATTERN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG INFLATION; MALE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CADAVER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; NECK; POSTURE;

EID: 0032925774     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199903)27:3<199::AID-PPUL8>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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