Orotracheal tube insertion in extremely low birth weight infants.
Thirty-one consecutive infants <1000 g at birth were intubated according to Tochen's rule; placement was verified/modified after auscultation and by radiology. Depth measurements were by caliper and radiology. Tochen's rule alone would lead to inadequate tube placement in 47% of infants. Auscultation allows adequate placement in only three-fourths of patients.
Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Gil
G
Amarilyo
Francis B
FB
Mimouni
Asaf
A
Oren
Semen
S
Tsyrkin
Dror
D
Mandel
D001314:Auscultation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic