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Ultrasound Guided Assessment of the Subglottic Diameter to Predict Appropriate Endotracheal Tube Size in Paediatric Patients


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1 JNMC, Belagavi, India

Endotracheal tube size selection based on various formulae available often fails to provide us with the ideal sized tube due to considerable variation in the airway size in the similarly aged/ weighing children. Ultrasonographic measurement of the subglottic diameter is an objective method of assessing the paediatric-airway and helps in predicting the appropriate endotracheal-tube size.

Keywords

Ultrasonography, Endotracheal Intubation, General Anaesthesia, Paediatric Airway.
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  • Gnanaprakasam PV, Selvaraj V. Ultrasound assessment of subglottic region for estimation of appropriate endotracheal tube size in pediatric anesthesia. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol 2017; 33:231-5.

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Akshata Aravind Kulkarni
JNMC, Belagavi, India
Rajesh S. Mane
JNMC, Belagavi, India
Vandana A. Gogate
JNMC, Belagavi, India

Abstract


Endotracheal tube size selection based on various formulae available often fails to provide us with the ideal sized tube due to considerable variation in the airway size in the similarly aged/ weighing children. Ultrasonographic measurement of the subglottic diameter is an objective method of assessing the paediatric-airway and helps in predicting the appropriate endotracheal-tube size.

Keywords


Ultrasonography, Endotracheal Intubation, General Anaesthesia, Paediatric Airway.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/isacon-Karnataka%2F2017%2FFP059