Predicting the size of a double-lumen endobronchial tube based on tracheal diameter

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 158-160

  Chow, Mark Y H ^b   Liam, B L ^a   Lew, Thomas W K ^a   Chelliah, R Y ^a   Ong, B C ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031807844     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199807000-00033     Document Type: Article

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