The usefulness of ultrasonographic measurement of the laryngeal air column width difference before extubation as a predictor of secondary airway obstruction after extubation in children
Background: Postextubation airway obstruction, also called postextubation stridor, is one of the most frequent complications of orotracheal intubation and the main cause of extubation failure (EF). Several potential predictors of extubation outcomes have been investigated, although their predictive...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2023-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Pediatric Critical Care |
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Online Access: | http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2023;volume=10;issue=6;spage=262;epage=264;aulast=Garza |