Coaxial Placement of Fogarty Catheter: A Simple Remedy for Incomplete Lung Isolation with DLT

Autor: Amit Kumar Mittal, Anita Kulkarni, Ajay Kumar Bhargava, Soumi Pathak, Yasir Razak
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum, Vol 16, Iss 13, Pp 1-4 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0973-0311
Popis: Thoracic surgery requires lung isolation which is usually achieved by placing a double lumen tube (DLT). Correct placement of DLT is crucial for lung isolation. In this case report incomplete lung isolation with DLT was corrected using a Fogarty catheter to achieve lung isolation successfully.
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