Tracheal tube-tip displacement in children during head-neck movement - A radiological assessment

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 486-491

  Weiss, Markus ^a   Knirsch, W ^a   Kretschmar, O ^a   Dullenkopf, A ^a   Tomaske, M ^a   Balmer, C ^a   Stutz, K ^a   Gerber, A C ^a   Berger, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Complications, intubation tracheal; Equipment, tubes tracheal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 33645284160     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael014     Document Type: Article

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