The 'best fit' endotracheal tube in children

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Turkistani, A ^a   Abdullah, K M ^b   Delvi, B ^a   Al Mazroua, K A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdul Aziz Medical City ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age; Endotracheal tube; Formula; Length; Multivariate; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350176172     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Ansgar B, Ulrich B: Airway management in infants and children. Best Practice & Research. Clinical Anaesthesiology; 2005, 19:675-79.
2. Karsli CH, Isaac LA, Roy WL: Induction of anesthesia, in Bissonnette B, Dalens BJ (eds): Pediatric Anaesthesia Principles and Practice (ed 1). New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2002, pp. 483-527.
3. Davis D, Barbee L, Ririe D: Pediatric endotracheal tube selection: a comparison of age-based and height-based criteria. AANA J; 1998, 66:299-303.
4. Mostafa SM: Variation in subglottic size in children. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine; 1976, 69:793-95.
5. Wang TK, Wu RS, Chen C, Chang TC, Hseih FS, Tan PP: Endotracheal tube size selection guidelines for Chinese children: prospective study of 533 cases. J Formos Med Assoc; 1997, 96:325-29.
6. Eck JB, De Lisle Dear G, Phillips-Bute BG, et al: Prediction of tracheal tube size in children using multiple variables. Paediatric Anaesth; 2002, 12:495-98.
7. King BR, Baker MD, Braitman LE, Seidl-Friedman J, Schreiner MS: Endotracheal tube selection in children: a comparison of four methods. Ann Emerg Med; 1993, 22:530-34.
8. Murat, I: Cuffed tubes in children: a 3-year experience in a single institution. Paediatric Anaesth; 2001, 11:748-49.
9. Schwartz RE, Stayer SA, Pasquariello CA: Tracheal tube leak test-is there inter-observer agreement? Can J Anaesth; 1993, 40:1049-1052.
10. Brown ES: Resistance factors in pediatric endotracheal tubes and connectors. Anesth Analg; 1975, 50:355-60.
11. Hofer CK, Ganter M, Tucci M, Klaghofer R, Zollinger A: How reliable is length-based determination of body weight and tracheal tube size in the pediatric age group? The Broselow tape reconsidered. Brit J Anaesth; 2002, 88:283-85.
12. Shima T, Andoh K, Akama M, Hashimoto Y: The correct endotracheal tube size for infants and children. Masui; 1992, 41:190-93.
13. Takita K, Morimoto Y, Okamura A, Kemmotsu O: Do age-based formulae predict the appropriate endotracheal tube sizes in Japanese children? J Anaesth; 2001, 15:145-48.
14. Eipe N, Barrowman N, Writer H, et al: A weight-based formula for tracheal tube size in children. Paediatric Anaesth; 2009, 19:343-48.