Efficacy of the transillumination method for appropriate tracheal tube placement in small children: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-16

  Yamashita, Soichiro ^a   Takahashi, Shinji ^a   Osaka, Yoshiko ^a   Fujikura, Kenzo ^b   Tabata, Koya ^b   Tanaka, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; General anesthesia; Intubation; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE STYLET; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MAIN STEM METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; INFANT; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 84923262173     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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