WITHDRAWN: Techniques to ascertain correct endotracheal tube placement in neonates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The success rate of correct endotracheal tube (ETT) placement for junior medical staff is less than 50% and accidental oesophageal intubation is common. Rapid confirmation of correct tube placement is important because tube malposition is associated with serious adverse outcomes including hypoxaemia, death, pneumothorax and right upper lobe collapse.ETT position can be confirmed using chest radiography, but this is often delayed; hence, a number of rapid point-of-care methods to confirm correct tube placement have been developed. Current neonatal resuscitation guidelines advise that correct ETT placement should be confirmed by the observation of clinical signs and the detection of exhaled carbon dioxide (CO₂). Even though these devices are frequently used in t

SUBMITTER: Schmolzer GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513417 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature