A new formula based on height for determining endotracheal intubation depth in pediatrics: A prospective study

• Published in: Journal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 86; p. 111079
• Main Authors: Zhuang, Pei-Er, Lu, Jiang-Hong, Wang, Wei-Kai, Cheng, Ming-Hua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2023; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Airway; Anesthesia; Anesthesia, General; Child; Child, Preschool; Correlation analysis; Endotracheal intubation; Extubation; Gender; Height; Humans; Intubation; Intubation depth; Intubation, Intratracheal; Nose; Pain Medicine; Pediatric; Pediatrics; Prospective Studies; Regression analysis; Statistical analysis; Trachea; Intubation depth; Height; Airway; Pediatric; Endotracheal intubation

The main objective was to devise an endotracheal intubation formula based on pediatric patients' strongly correlated growth parameters. The secondary objective was to compare the accuracy of the new formula to the age-based formula from Advanced Pediatric Life Support Course (APLS formula) and...