Assertion: trachea's diameter | /r/AtLocation | frontal plane
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text: Randestad and colleagues reported that the smallest diameter is in the frontal plane, which in females ranged from 8.9 to 17.0 mm (mean, 11.6 mm) and in males from 11.0 to 21.5 mm (mean, 15.0 mm).39 They pointed out that placement of a standard size ETT (7 mm inner diameter for females, 8 mm for males) through the cricoid cartilage while preventing mucosal necrosis may be difficult in certain individuals.39