A comparison of three methods for estimating appropriate tracheal tube depth in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 846-851

  Mariano, Edward R ^a,c   Ramamoorthy, Chandra ^b   Chu, Larry F ^b   Chen, Michael ^b   Hammer, Gregory B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia: airway management; Infants: children: mainstem intubation; Intubation: tracheal tube depth

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAINSTEM INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; TUBE REMOVAL; VOCAL CORD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE;

EID: 33644670239     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01577.x     Document Type: Article

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