Orogastric tubes do not improve transesophageal echocardiographic imaging during cardiac surgery: A randomized trial

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Bainbridge, Daniel ^a,d   Martin, Janet ^a   Ahmad Sabry, Mohammad Hazem I ^b   Craig, Anne ^c   Iglesias, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Greenlane Surgical Short Stay Unit   (New Zealand)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; OROGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION;

EID: 77953285469     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-009-9248-x     Document Type: Article

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