Can insertion length for a double-lumen endobronchial tube be predicted?

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 666-668

  Dyer, R A ^a   Heijke, S A M ^a   Russell, W J ^a   Bloch, M B ^a   James, M F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Double lumen tubes; Endobronchial; Intubation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSITION; PREDICTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034530064     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0002800610     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Pro: Proper positioning of a double-lumen endobronchial tube can only be accomplished with endoscopy
2. Con: Proper positioning of a double-lumen endobronchial tube can only be accomplished with the use of endoscopy
3. Depth of placement of double lumen endobronchial tubes
4. Prediction of double-lumen tracheal tube depth
5. A blind guided technique for placing double-lumen endobronchial tubes