A prospective comparison of diaphragmatic ultrasound and chest radiography to determine endotracheal tube position in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kerrey, Benjamin Thomas ^a,b   Geis, Gary Lee ^a,b   Quinn, Andrea Megan ^a   Hornung, Richard William ^a   Ruddy, Richard Michael ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; Intubation; Pediatric; Radiograph; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAPHRAGM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; BRONCHI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAPHRAGM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OHIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 66249096031     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2828     Document Type: Article

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