Open AccessAssessment of the Endotracheal Tube Tip Position by Bedside Ultrasound in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Narayanan Parameswaran,
Mahadevan Subramanian,
Shilpa Abraham,
Seenivasan Subramani,
Ramesh Ananthkrishnan,
Muthu Chidambaram Natarajan,
Ramachandran Rameshkumar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24355
Subject(s) - medicine , intraclass correlation , pediatric intensive care unit , endotracheal tube , gold standard (test) , intubation , ultrasound , endotracheal intubation , intensive care unit , intensive care , emergency medicine , anesthesia , pediatrics , radiology , intensive care medicine , clinical psychology , psychometrics
The chest X-ray (CXR) is the standard of practice to assess the tip of the endotracheal tube (ETT) in ventilated children. In many hospitals, it takes hours to get a bedside CXR, and it has radiation exposure. The objective of this study was to find the utility of bedside ultrasound (USG), in assessing the ETT tip position in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).