Predicting the size of a double-lumen endobronchial tube using computed tomographic scan measurements of the left main bronchus diameter

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 302-305

  Chow, Mark Y H ^a,b   Liam, B L ^a   Thng, C H ^a   Chong, B K ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPES; CALIBRATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 0032909192     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199902000-00014     Document Type: Article

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