Lung separation and the difficult airway

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages

  Brodsky, J B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult airway, laryngoscopy, intubation; Equipment, fibreoptic bronchoscope, airway exchange catheter; Lung separation, double lumen tube, bronchial blocker, endobronchial tube

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY;

BRONCHOSCOPES; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77449151527     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep262     Document Type: Article

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