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Why is it common to intubate the right mainstem in a child?
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The angle favors it.: Anatomically the right lung's mainstem bronchus branches off the trachea at a shallow angle closer to a straight line. The left mainstem bronchus meanwhile branches almost perpendicularly at a 90 degree angle off the trachea--making it much more difficult to place an endotracheal tube into the left-side of the lung.
Answered 4/1/2014
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