Learning curve of ultrasound measurement of subglottic diameter for endotracheal tube selection in pediatric patients.
Mukadder Orhan-SungurDemet AltunTülay Özkan-SeyhanElif AygünKemalettin KoltkaEmre ÇamcıPublished in: Paediatric anaesthesia (2019)
Learning curves constructed with cumulative sum analysis in this study showed that only 62.5% of residents were able to correctly predict cuffed endotracheal tube size with 80% success rate. Considerable variability in achieving competency necessitates objective follow-up of individual improvement.