Bedside prediction of airway length by measuring upper incisor manubrio-sternal joint length
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Bedside prediction of airway length in adults and children.
BACKGROUND Malpositioning of the endotracheal tube within the airway leads to serious complications such as endobronchial intubation. Prediction of the correct depth of an endotracheal tube is important and should be individualized. The manubriosternal joint (MSJ) is on the same horizontal plane with the tracheal carina. We compared the straight length from the upper incisor to the MSJ in the f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0970-9185
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.130011