Archivos argentinos de pediatría
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Arch Argent Pediatr · Jun 2018
Comparative StudyUse of ultrasonography as a noninvasive decisive tool to determine the accurate endotracheal tube size in anesthetized children.
It is hard to determine the appropriate size and correct tracheal position of endotracheal tube (ETT) in children. The aim of this study is to determine tracheal diameter in children by using ultrasonography technique as objective tool and compare it with commonly used aged based formulas for the ETT size estimation. ⋯ Ultrasonographical determination of transverse tracheal diameter is a suitable method for determining the correct endotracheal tube size when compared with the age based formulas.
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Arch Argent Pediatr · Jun 2018
Ultrasound-guided vascular cannulation. Experience in critically-ill pediatric patients.
Central vascular cannulation in children is a highly complex technique and poses many difficulties. Vascular ultrasound can make this procedure easier. ⋯ In the pediatric patients studied, ultrasound-guided vascular cannulation allowed vessel visualization and measurement of their depth and diameter; the success rate was high and it was associated to a low complication rate.