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- M Ardagh and K Moodie.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand.
- J Emerg Med. 1998 Sep 1;16(5):747-9.
AbstractThe esophageal detector device is a useful, inexpensive, portable device for the detection of inadvertent intubation of the esophagus. It has been extensively tested. It is very accurate with occasional false negatives for tracheal intubation but only two reported cases of false positives for tracheal intubation previously described. This article presents two further cases of false positives for tracheal intubation using the esophageal detector device and warns that although it is the more accurate of the cheap and portable devices available, it is not perfect.
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