Lung isolation in the morbidly obese patient: A comparison of a left-sided double-lumen tracheal tube with the Arndt® wire-guided blocker

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 630-635

  Campos, J H ^a   Hallam, E A ^a   Ueda, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

airway; Anatomy; Equipment; Obesity; Thoracic anaes; tubes double lumen; tubes endobronchial

Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE LUMEN TRACHEAL TUBE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84866362689     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes206     Document Type: Article

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