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Ultrasound assessment of subglottic region for estimation of appropriate endotracheal tube size in pediatric anesthesia

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Endotracheal tube (ETT) selection in pediatric patients is mainly done with the age, height, or weight-based formula. We compared ultrasound assessment of the subglottic area to predict the outer diameter of the ETT, with that of modified Cole's formula. The aim of the stud...

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Autores principales: Gnanaprakasam, Pughal Vendan, Selvaraj, Venkatesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5520598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781451
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/joacp.JOACP_232_16