Tracheal diameter predicts double-lumen tube size: A method for selecting left double-lumen tubes

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 861-864

  Brodsky, Jay B ^a,b   Macario, Alex ^a   Mark, James B D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGENATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0029998807     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199604000-00032     Document Type: Article

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