Comparative evaluation of methods for ensuring the correct position of the tracheal tube in children undergoing open heart surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 889-893

  Kim, Kyoung Ok ^a   Um, Woo Sik ^a   Kim, Chong Sun ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; pediaric anaesthesia; Procedure; intubation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOCAL CORD;

AGING; AIR PRESSURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSCULTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0042326285     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03336.x     Document Type: Article

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