Performance comparison of right-and left-sided double-lumen tubes among infrequent users

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 598-601

  Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^a   Mulvoy, William ^a   Sandberg, Warren S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia; artificial; equipment safety; intratracheal; intubation; lung isolation; respiration; thoracic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOXIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955710190     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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