Rapidity and efficacy of ultrasonographic sliding lung sign and auscultation in confirming endotracheal intubation in overweight and obese patients

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Obese individuals are predisposed to difficult airway and intubation. They usually yield confusing or misleading auscultatory findings. We aimed to assess the rapidity and efficacy of ultrasonographic (USG) sliding lung sign for confirming endotracheal intubation in normal as we...

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Autores principales: Rajan, Sunil, Surendran, Jayasankar, Paul, Jerry, Kumar, Lakshmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405036
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.202164

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405036
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.202164

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