Practice patterns in choice of left double-lumen tube size for thoracic surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 379-383

  Amar, David ^a,b   Desiderio, Dawn P ^a   Heerdt, Paul M ^a   Kolker, Anne C ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Thaler, Howard T ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 38549175608     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181602e41     Document Type: Article

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