The self-inflating bulb as an esophageal detector device in children weighing more than twenty kilograms: A comparison of two techniques

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 623-629

  Sharieff, Ghazala O ^a,b,c   Rodarte, Alexander ^a   Wilton, Niall ^a   Silva, Patricia D ^a   Bleyle, Dianne ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH; TRACHEA;

EID: 0037407966     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.185     Document Type: Article

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