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Correlation between ultrasound-guided subglottic diameter and little finger breadth with the outer diameter of the endotracheal tube in paediatric patients – A prospective observational study

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Selection of an appropriate endotracheal tube (ETT) in paediatric patients is a challenging situation. The purpose of this study was to compare whether measurement of subglottic diameter with ultrasound or the age-old little finger width correlates better with the outer diameter...

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Autores principales: Rajasekhar, MAN, Moningi, Srilata, Patnaik, Sujatha, Rao, Prasad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30636800
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ija.IJA_545_18