Estimation of the length of nasotracheal tube to be introduced in children.
The formula 10.5 + (weight[kg]/2) showed a predictive capacity of 0.8939 to estimate the length (cm) of endotracheal tube to be introduced through the nasal route in 99 children between newborn and 4 years old. In a validation study, the formula maintained a high level of concordance with the true values: 0.9370.
de la Sierra Antona
Maria
M
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
López-Herce
Jesús
J
Rupérez
Marta
M
García
Cristina
C
Garrido
Gregorio
G
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies