Insertion of the double lumen tube in the difficult airway*
| Autor: | R. Satya-Krishna, M. T. Popat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Lumen (anatomy) respiratory system respiratory tract diseases Surgery Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Cardiothoracic surgery medicine Intubation General anaesthesia Thoracotomy business Difficult airway Double lumen tube |
| Zdroj: | Anaesthesia. 61:896-898 |
| ISSN: | 0003-2409 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04754.x |
| Popis: | Isolation of a lung and one-lung ventilation are commonly used during thoracic surgery. Insertion of double lumen tubes requires considerable skill and may be especially challenging in the difficult airway. We describe a method of inserting double lumen tubes in two patients with known difficult airways. This technique involves awake nasotracheal intubation followed by insertion of an oral double lumen tube under general anaesthesia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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