Placing the tip of the endotracheal tube at the carina and passing the endobronchial blocker through the Murphy eye may reduce the risk of blocker retrograde dislodgement during one-lung anaesthesia in small children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 690-693

  Ho, A M H ^a   Karmakar, M K ^a   Critchley, L A H ^a   Ng, S K ^a   Wat, C Y ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, paediatric; Equipment, tubes endobronchial blocker; Surgery, thoracic; Ventilation, one lung

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ANESTHESIA; ENDOBRONCHIAL BLOCKER RETROGRADE DISLODGEMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TRACHEA RIDGE;

EID: 54249148040     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen264     Document Type: Article

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