| Autor: |
Sakuraba, Shigeki, Serita, Ryohei, Kuribayashi, Junya, Kosugi, Shizuko, Arisaka, Hirofumi, Yoshida, Kazuichi, Takeda, Junzo |
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Anesthesiology Research & Practice; 2010, p1-3, 3p, 1 Chart, 4 Graphs |
| Abstrakt: |
Assessments of tracheal diameter (TD) are important to select proper endotracheal tubes. Previous studies have used X-ray and physical indices to estimate tracheal diameter but these may not reflect the actual TD. We compared TD measured by X-ray (TDXP) and by computer tomography (TD-CT) in 200 patients. Also, we analyzed correlation of TD-CT with physical indices such as age, height, weight, and BMI. TD-XP and TD-CT were significantly correlated (male: n = 55, P = .0146; female: n = 91, P = .001). TD-XP was 0.4mm wider in male and 1.0 mm wider in female than TD-CT. However, correlation coefficients of TD-XP and TDCT are very weak (male: r = 0.36; female: r = 0.653). TD-CT did not correlate with age, height, weight, or BMI. Our findings suggest that correlations of TD-XP and TD are statistically significant but not clinically significant. Physical indices are not useful to estimate TD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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