Survey of use of end-tidal carbon dioxide for confirming tracheal tube placement in intensive care units in the UK

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 476-479

  Kannan, S ^a   Manji, M ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capnography; Intubation: tracheal

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MONITORING; OPERATING ROOM; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESOPHAGUS; FOREIGN BODIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038025737     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.28934.x     Document Type: Article

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