The impact of head position on the cuff and tube tip position of preformed oral tracheal tubes in young children

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 604-609

  Jordi Ritz, E M ^a   Von Ungern Sternberg, B S ^a   Keller, K ^a   Frei, F J ^a   Erb, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CHILD; CRICOID; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NECK; SAFETY; TRACHEA; VOCAL CORD;

AGING; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FOREIGN BODIES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; POSTURE; TRACHEA; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 43549094938     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05440.x     Document Type: Article

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