ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023
Applications of Airway Ultrasound for Endotracheal Intubation in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for confirming endotracheal tube placement in pediatric acute care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Airway Ultrasound: Applications in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2026Review
- Concordance Between Anthropometric Formula Predictions and Chest Radiograph-Confirmed Endotracheal Tube Depth in Young Infants: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Saudi Arabia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Point-of-care Ultrasonography for Endotracheal Tube Confirmation: An Essential Adjunct in Airway Management.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical roles of point-of-care ultrasonography in airway management.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2025Review
- Three-Point Ultrasonography for Confirmation of Endotracheal Tube Position in Children (TRUCE Study).Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Ultrasonography Based Endotracheal Intubation Assessment: Encouraging Adaptation and Addressing Challenges.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Observational
- 5-point airway (5-AIR) ultrasound protocol for confirmation of endotracheal intubation and position in paediatric patients undergoing surgery: A prospective observational study.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2024Article
- Endotracheal Intubation Outside the Operating Room: Year in Review 2023.Respiratory care · 2024Review
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- Cervical ultrasound for endotracheal intubation confirmation in dogs by veterinary students: a cadaveric study.Brazilian journal of veterinary medicine · 2023Article
- Development of an augmented reality system for tracheal intubation guidance of airway management.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical EngineeringArticle
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Abstract
Endotracheal intubation is a challenging procedure for pediatric patients. Airway ultrasound as a new technology is suitable for aiding this process, but its diagnostic value remains unclear. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the Chinese biomedical literature database to summarize specific applications of airway ultrasound in each step of endotracheal intubation in pediatric patients. Diagnostic accuracy and 95% confidence interval were used as outcomes. In total, 33 studies (6 randomized controlled trials and 27 diagnostic studies) with 1934 airway ultrasound examinations were included. Population included neonates, infants, and older children. Airway ultrasound could be used to determine the endotracheal tube size and confirm endotracheal intubation and intubation depth; the diagnostic accuracy for all these factors was 23.3-100%, 90.6-100%, and 66.7-100%, respectively. Furthermore, the accuracy of airway ultrasound in predicting endotracheal tube size was consistently higher than traditional methods, such as height formula, age formula, and the width of the little finger. In conclusion, airway ultrasound has unique advantages for confirming successful endotracheal intubation in pediatric patients, and it may become an effective auxiliary tool in this field. There is a need to develop a unified airway ultrasound protocol to conduct clinical trials and practice in the future.
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