Oral endotracheal tube placement in neonates, pediatric, and adult patients: a review of the guidelines
Chen S, Cunningham J
Record ID 32011001291
English
Authors' recommendations:
Published evidence for answering the research question is very limited. Different health care workers in different settings perform intubation in the three guidelines. One guideline indicated using teeth as a point of reference, while the other two used lips as a point of reference. These documents simply noted the location of OET placement, without providing detailed justification. Gums were not mentioned in any of these documents. In summary, various medical personnel are able to perform OET placement, and teeth and lips are recommended to be used as the point of reference to detect tube displacement after the procedure. In the future, more well-developed evidence-based clinical practice guidelines are warranted, to provide more comprehensive and convincing guidance on the procedure of OET insertion (including documentation of reference point for early detection of tube displacement) for patients in different age groups.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2009
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Adult
- Child
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Intubation, Intratracheal
Contact
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