Detection of inadvertent airway intubation during gastric tube insertion: Capnography versus a colorimetric carbon dioxide detector

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-195

  Burns, Suzanne M ^a   Carpenter, Richard ^b   Blevins, Cheri ^b   Bragg, Sharon ^b   Marshall, Mary ^b   Browne, Liz ^b   Perkins, Martha ^b   Bagby, Rebecca ^b   Blackstone, Kris ^b   Truwit, Jonathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CAPNOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; CALORIMETRY; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRITICAL CARE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL;

EID: 33745033079     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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