The relationship between tracheal width and left bronchial width: Implications for left-sided double-lumen tube selection

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 216-217

  Brodsky, Jay B ^a   Malott, Kevin ^a   Angst, Martin ^a   Fitzmaurice, Brett G ^a   Kee, Stephen P ^a   Logan, Laurie ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Anesthesia; Computed tomography; Double lumen tube; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 0035073646     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2001.21970     Document Type: Article

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