Auscultation of bilateral breath sounds does not rule out endobronchial intubation in children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-58

  Verghese, Susan T ^a,b   Hannallah, Raafat S ^a   Slack, Michael C ^a   Cross, Russell R ^a   Patel, Kantilal M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BRONCHUS; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 3042521169     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000118104.23660.F3     Document Type: Article

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