Use of the Univent System tube® for difficult intubation and for achieving one-lung anaesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 765-767

  Garcia Aguado R ^a,b   Mateo, E M ^a   Onrubia, V J ^a   Bolinches, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Difficult intubation; One lung ventilation; Thoracic surgery; Univent tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0030055129     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04526.x     Document Type: Article

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