An assessment of the ability of impedance respirometry distinguish oesophageal from tracheal intubation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1090-1093

  Mehta, K H ^a   Turley, A ^b   Peyrasse, P ^b   Janes, J ^b   Hall, J E ^b  

^a School of Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impedance respirometry; Intubation; tracheal, oesophageal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OXYGENATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIROMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036844593     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02829.x     Document Type: Article

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