Endotracheal tube size estimation for children with pathological short stature

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 710-717

  Daugherty, Reza James ^a,b   Nadkarni, Vinay ^a   Brenn, Bruce Randall ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotracheal tube; Intubation; Pediatric equipment; Size estimation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGENATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT STATURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DWARFISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33751172132     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000238743.96606.69     Document Type: Article

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