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Diagnostic accuracy of airway ultrasound in confirming the endotracheal tube depth in critically ill children.

Souraja DattaJhuma SankarMona PathakSagar TungalDevasenathipathy KandasamyNitin DhochakKana Ram JatRakesh Lodha
Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine (2024)
Bedside ultrasound is a good method to confirm ETT depth in children. The tracheal ring method had the best diagnostic accuracy and is easy to perform. The new method using cricoid cuff distance needs further validation in different ICU settings.
Keyphrases
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • young adults
  • optical coherence tomography
  • intensive care unit
  • ultrasound guided
  • contrast enhanced ultrasound