Can ultrasound be useful for predicting the size of a left double-lumen bronchial tube? Tracheal width as measured by ultrasonography versus computed tomography

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-252

  Šustić, Alan ^a   Miletić, Damir ^a   Protić, Alen ^a   Ivančić, Aldo ^a   Cicvarić, Tedi ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Double lumen endobronchial tube; Thoracic anesthesia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; TRACHEA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 46449109401     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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