The Wire-Guided Endobronchial Blocker as a Solution to Provide One-Lung Ventilation When a Double-Lumen Endotracheal Tube Is Malpositioned

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 636-637

  Kuhlman, Guy ^a   Legros, Christophe ^a   Laloë, Pierre Antoine ^a   Puyo, Philippe ^a   Fischler, Marc ^a  

^a FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchial blocker; Double lumen endotracheal tube; One lung ventilation; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; ATELECTASIS; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0142063053     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(03)00211-8     Document Type: Article

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