Orotracheal Tube Insertion in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants - 08/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.11.057
Gil Amarilyo, MD a, c, Francis B. Mimouni, MD b, c, Asaf Oren, MD a, Semen Tsyrkin, MD a, Dror Mandel, MD c, ⁎ 
a Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
b Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
c The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Reprint requests: Dr Dror Mandel, Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Street, Tel Aviv, 64239, IsraelRésumé |
Thirty-one consecutive infants <1000 g at birth were intubated according to Tochen's rule; placement was verified/modified after auscultation and by radiology. Depth measurements were by caliper and radiology. Tochen's rule alone would lead to inadequate tube placement in 47% of infants. Auscultation allows adequate placement in only three-fourths of patients.
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P. 764-765 - mai 2009 Retour au numéro
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