Evaluation of cuffed tracheal tube size predicted using the Khine formula in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-118

  Duracher, Caroline ^a   Schmautz, Emmanuelle ^a   Martinon, Claire ^a   Faivre, Judith ^a   Carli, Pierre ^a   Orliaguet, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Air leak; Cuffed trachea tube; Endotracheal tube size; Pediatric anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; COUGHING; CUFF; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INFANT; KHINE FORMULA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEA INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37749018433     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02382.x     Document Type: Article

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