Role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in conjunction with the use of double-lumen tubes for thoracic anesthesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 351-354

  Klein, Uwe ^a   Karzai, Waheedullah ^a   Bloos, Frank ^a   Wohlfarth, Mathias ^a   Gottschall, Reiner ^a   Fritz, Harald ^a   Gugel, Michael ^a   Seifert, Albrecht ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung separation; One lung ventilation; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744486108     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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