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Selective placement of bronchial suction catheters in intubated neonates.
  1. M Placzek,
  2. M Silverman

    Abstract

    Flexible suction catheters were passed through the endotracheal tubes of infants undergoing mechanical ventilation, just before chest radiographic examination for clinical purposes. With the head straight, 7 of 10 straight catheters entered the right main bronchus but with the head turned, 17 of 20 straight catheters and 19 of 20 curved tip catheters entered the contralateral bronchus.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.58.10.829

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