Positioning of a double-lumen endobronchial tube without the aid of any instruments: An implication for emergency management

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 899-902

  Bahk, Jae Hyon ^a,c   Lim, Young Jin ^a   Kim, Chung Su ^b  

^a Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Double lumen tube; Emergency management; Hemoptysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CASE REPORT; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION; ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBE; EROSION; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FIRST AID; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TRACHEA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

EID: 0033665953     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200011000-00018     Document Type: Article

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