• J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Apr 2019

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    Role of ultrasound in confirmation of endotracheal tube in neonates: a review.

    • Deepak Sharma, Seyyed Ahmad Tabatabaii, and Nazanin Farahbakhsh.
    • a Department of Neonatology , National Institute of Medical Sciences , Jaipur , India.
    • J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2019 Apr 1; 32 (8): 1359-1367.

    AbstractTracheal intubation (TI) is a commonly done procedure in neonatal intensive care unit and delivery room during resuscitation. The confirmation of endotracheal tube (ETT) position should be done quickly as tube malposition is associated with various serious adverse outcomes like hypoxemia, right upper lobe collapse, atelectasis, air leak syndromes and esophageal intubation. ETT position can be confirmed by various methods like clinical sign, chest radiography, capnography, external digital tracheal palpation, ultrasonography (USG), respiratory function monitor, video-laryngoscope and fiberoptic devices. The current gold standard test to confirm ETT position is a chest radiograph, but it has many fallacies thus presently there is the need for a modality that helps in detection of endotracheal intubation and tube position with minimal complications. USG has been used in adult and pediatric population for detecting ETT position but there are very less studies in neonates. In this review, we analyze all the published studies, case reports and personal experiences that have sought the use of USG in neonatal population for detection of ETT position.

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