Does the presence of a tracheal bronchus affect the margin of safety of double-lumen tube placement?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 293-295

  Ho, Anthony M H ^a,c   Karmakar, Manoj K ^a   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Lam, Freda O ^a   Lee, T W ^b   Ng, S K ^a   Chung, David C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL BRONCHUS;

EID: 3042565598     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000118106.09944.E7     Document Type: Article

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