The self-inflating bulb as an airway adjunct: Is it reliable in children weighing less than 20 kilograms?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-308

  Sharieff, Ghazala Q ^a,b,c   Rodarte, Alexander ^a   Wilton, Niall ^a   Bleyle, Dianne ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal detector device; Intubation; Self inflating bulb

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0037387916     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.4.303     Document Type: Article

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