Airway length in adults: Estimation of the optimal endotracheal tube length for orotracheal intubation

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-274

  Cherng, Chen Hwan ^a,b   Wong, Chih Shung ^a   Hsu, Che Hao ^a   Ho, Shung Tai ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult patients; Airway length; Intubation, orotracheal

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MOUTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA;

EID: 0036095245     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(02)00355-0     Document Type: Article

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