Esophageal misplacement of a single-lumen tube after its exchange for a double-lumen tube despite the use of an airway-exchange catheter

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-196

  Hwang, Sung Mi ^a   Lee, Jae Jun ^a   Jang, Ji Su ^a   Lee, Nak Hun ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airway extubation; Esophagus; Intratracheal; Intubation

Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; AIRWAY EXCHANGE CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANNULA; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGEAL MISPLACEMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GUIDE WIRE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE LUMEN TUBE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84880267539     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.114050     Document Type: Article

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