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01-08-2014 | Erratum
Erratum to: Tracheal palpation to assess endotracheal tube depth: an exploratory study
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 8/2014
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In the article entitled: “Tracheal palpation to assess endotracheal tube depth: an exploratory study” published in the March 2014 issue, Can J Anesth 2014; DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-0079-4, Table 3 contained several typographical errors that have now been corrected by the authors. In addition, the first column of Fig. 2 also contained an error that has also been corrected. The authors apologize most sincerely for these errors.
Table 3
Comparison of tracheal palpation (TP) with measurement method (MM)
|
TP
|
Calculated MM
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
Number of patients
|
92
|
92
|
|
Correctly placed n (%)
[95% CI]
|
72 (78%)
[64 to 80]
|
57 (61%)
[46 to 64]
|
|
Incorrectly placed
|
20 (22%)
[12 to 28]
|
35 (38%)*
[26 to 44]
|
|
Incorrectly placed by
bronchoscopic measurement
|
12 (13)
[6 to 18]
|
34 (40%)†
[25 to 43]
|
|
Endobronchial n (%)
|
0 (0%)
|
6 (7%)
|
Fig. 2
Frequency histogram: distance of endotracheal tube tip to vocal cords. X-axis: distance from vocal cords. Black bars = tracheal palpation (TP) method; white bars = measurement method (MM). Y-axis: number of subjects
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