Use of sonography for rapid identification of esophageal and tracheal intubations in adult patients

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 671-676

  Muslu, Bunyamin ^a   Sert, Hüseyin ^a   Kaya, Ahmet ^a   Demircioglu, Rüveyda Irem ^a   Gözdemir, Muhammet ^a   Usta, Burhanettin ^a   Boynukalin, Kadriye Serife ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Identification; Intubation; Sonography; Trachea

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT PATIENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESOPHAGUS; INTUBATION; RAPID IDENTIFICATION; SONOGRAPHERS; SURGICAL PATIENTS; TRACHEA;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79955546445     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.5.671     Document Type: Article

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