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Variation in the accuracy of ultrasound for the detection of intubation by endotracheal tube size
Michael Gottlieb ,
Dallas Holladay ,
Damali Nakitende ,
Braden Hexom ,
Urvi Patel ,
Anthony Serici ,
Shital C. Shah ,
John Bailitz
July 2018
July 2018
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Abstract
Rapid and accurate confirmation of endotracheal tube (ETT) placement is a fundamental
step in definitive airway management. Multiple techniques with different limitations
have been reported. Recent studies have evaluated the accuracy, time to performance,
and physician confidence for ultrasound in both cadaveric models and live patients.
However, no study to date has measured the effect of ETT size. Our study is the first
to measure the accuracy of ultrasound for ETT confirmation based on ETT size.