The Oro-Helical Length Accurately Predicts Endotracheal Tube Insertion Depth in Neonates

Dianne Lee; Patricia C. Mele; Wei Hou; Joseph D. Decristofaro; Echezona T. Maduekwe

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.045

The Oro-Helical Length Accurately Predicts Endotracheal Tube Insertion Depth in Neonates

Dianne Lee
, Patricia C. Mele
, Wei Hou
, Joseph D. Decristofaro
, Echezona T. Maduekwe

Pediatrics

Stony Brook University

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Abstract

We evaluated the reliability of the oro-helical length in predicting the ideal endotracheal tube depth in neonates and found the oro-helical length was a consistently more reliable and better predictor of the ideal endotracheal tube depth on chest radiograph than the 7-8-9 rule, especially in infants weighing ≤1500 g.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	265-269.e2
Journal	Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	200
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.04.045
State	Published - Sep 2018

Keywords

airway
chest radiograph
extremely low birth weight infant
ideal depth
infants
malposition
measurements
vertebrae

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