Appropriate placement of intubation depth marks in a new cuffed paediatric tracheal tube

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-87

  Weiss, Markus ^a   Gerber, A C ^a   Dullenkopf, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Equipment, cuffs tracheal; Intubation, tracheal; Monitoring, depth mark

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUTH; NEWBORN; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SAFETY; SUPINE POSITION; TRACHEA; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 11344278086     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh294     Document Type: Article

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