Tracheal width and left double-lumen tube size: A formula to estimate left-bronchial width

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-270

  Brodsky, Jay B ^a   Lemmens, Harry J M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway, trachea, bronchus; Intubation, double lumen tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 20444388672     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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