Published online July 1, 2008
PEDIATRICS Vol. 122 No. 1 July 2008, pp. 214-215 (doi:10.1542/peds.2008-1128)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Bedside Ultrasonography and Endotracheal Tube Placement: A Long Way to Go: In Reply

Jeanette Galicinao, MD
Donald T. Ellis, II, MD
Sandip A. Godambe, MD, PhD
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Memphis, TN 38103

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We thank Sundaram et al for their interest in our published study1; they raise several important points that deserve discussion. With regards to their first point, direct laryngoscopy (DL) is unequivocally the gold standard for confirming endotracheal tube (ETT) placement. DL is not always possible, and ETTs can slip out of place before being secured or move during transport.2 Colorimetric end-tidal carbon dioxide detection (CECD) remains the standard for secondary confirmation of ETT position in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]