Transthoracic impedance changes as a tool to detect malpositioned tracheal tubes

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-16

  Kramer Johansen, Jo ^a,b   Eilevstjønn, Joar ^c   Olasveengen, Theresa Mariero ^a   Tomlinson, Ann Elin ^a   Dorph, Elizabeth ^a   Steen, Petter Andreas ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^c Laerdal Medical Corporation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capnography; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Intubation; Monitoring; Transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPOSITIONED ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; MEASUREMENT; NORWAY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETER; STANDARD; THORAX; TRANSTHORACIC IMPEDANCE;

EID: 36849015385     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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