Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatr Anaesth
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Oct 2014
Three-finger tracheal palpation to guide endotracheal tube depth in children.
Accurate endotracheal tube (ETT) depth is critical, especially in children. The current tools used to guide appropriate ETT depth have significant limitations. ⋯ The use of tracheal palpation to guide ETT placement has excellent clinical performance and better guides appropriate ETT depth than the PALS formula in our study population.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Oct 2014
Review Meta AnalysisSupraglottic airway devices vs tracheal intubation in children: a quantitative meta-analysis of respiratory complications.
In the absence of airway infection, the use of a laryngeal mask airway in children is associated with fewer postop complications than intubation.
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