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Ideal Length of Oral Endotracheal Tube for Critically Ill Intubated Patients in an Asian Population: Comparison to Current Western Standards

Background Endotracheal (ET) intubation is used to maintain the airway patency of patients during mechanical ventilation and is inserted at a particular depth into the trachea through the nose, mouth, or through an incision in the neck. The aim of our study was to validate the ideal length of an ora...

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Autores principales: Lal, Amos, Pena, Eleanor D, Sarcilla, Dizon J, Perez, Peter P, Wong, Johnny C, Khan, Faheem A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6336211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30675445
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3590