Predicting proper endotracheal tube placement in underexposed radiographs: tangent line of the aortic arch.
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Pappas, JN; Goodman, PC
Published in: AJR Am J Roentgenol
November 1999
OBJECTIVE: We investigated an indirect radiographic means of predicting proper endotracheal tube placement on underexposed portable chest radiographs. CONCLUSION: When an endotracheal tube is 3.4-5.0 cm above the tangent line of the aortic arch, it is in proper position 95% of the time.
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AJR Am J Roentgenol
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ISSN
0361-803X
Publication Date
November 1999
Volume
173
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1357 / 1359
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Technology, Radiologic
- Retrospective Studies
- Radiography, Thoracic
- Point-of-Care Systems
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Humans
- Female
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Pappas, J. N., & Goodman, P. C. (1999). Predicting proper endotracheal tube placement in underexposed radiographs: tangent line of the aortic arch. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 173(5), 1357–1359. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541118
Pappas, J. N., and P. C. Goodman. “Predicting proper endotracheal tube placement in underexposed radiographs: tangent line of the aortic arch.” AJR Am J Roentgenol 173, no. 5 (November 1999): 1357–59. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541118.
Pappas JN, Goodman PC. Predicting proper endotracheal tube placement in underexposed radiographs: tangent line of the aortic arch. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Nov;173(5):1357–9.
Pappas, J. N., and P. C. Goodman. “Predicting proper endotracheal tube placement in underexposed radiographs: tangent line of the aortic arch.” AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol. 173, no. 5, Nov. 1999, pp. 1357–59. Pubmed, doi:10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541118.
Pappas JN, Goodman PC. Predicting proper endotracheal tube placement in underexposed radiographs: tangent line of the aortic arch. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999 Nov;173(5):1357–1359.
Published In
AJR Am J Roentgenol
DOI
ISSN
0361-803X
Publication Date
November 1999
Volume
173
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1357 / 1359
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Technology, Radiologic
- Retrospective Studies
- Radiography, Thoracic
- Point-of-Care Systems
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Humans
- Female