Three-finger tracheal palpation to guide endotracheal tube depth in children.

Background: Accurate endotracheal tube (ETT) depth is critical, especially in children. The current tools used to guide appropriate ETT depth have significant limitations.

Objectives: To evaluate the utility of tracheal palpation in the neck to guide appropriate ETT placement in children.

Imaging brain connectivity in children with diverse reading ability.

Reading is a complex cognitive skill that requires the coordination of multiple brain regions. Although functional neuroimaging studies highlight the cortical brain regions associated with a specific cognitive task like reading, they do not directly address the underlying neural connections necessary for efficient performance of this task. Adults with reading disability have demonstrated lower regional white matter connectivity, but it is not known whether this relationship between neuronal wiring and reading performance also holds in younger readers.