Effects of using two airway exchange catheters on laryngeal passage during change from a double-lumen tracheal tube to a single-lumen tracheal tube

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 440-443

  Suzuki, Akiras ^a   Uraoka, M ^a   Kimura, K ^a   Sato, S ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Complications, intubation tracheal; Equipment, airway exchange catheter

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 34548292373     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem183     Document Type: Article

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