Confirmation of endotracheal tube position: A narrative review

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 283-292

  Rudraraju, Praveen ^a   Eisen, Lewis Ari ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Carbon dioxide analysis; Critical care; Intratracheal; Intubation; Oximetry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AUSCULTATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GAS FLOW; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AUSCULTATION; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OXIMETRY; PLEURA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUCTION; TRACHEA; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 70349303769     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066609340501     Document Type: Review

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