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Title: | Placement of left-sided double-lumen endobronchial tubes: Comparison of clinical and fibreoptic-guided placement | Authors: | Cheong, K.F. Koh, K.F. |
Keywords: | Equipment, bronchoscopes Equipment, tubes double-lumen Equipment, tubes endobronchial Intubation endobronchial |
Issue Date: | Jun-1999 | Citation: | Cheong, K.F., Koh, K.F. (1999-06). Placement of left-sided double-lumen endobronchial tubes: Comparison of clinical and fibreoptic-guided placement. British Journal of Anaesthesia 82 (6) : 920-921. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | We have compared a new intubation manoeuvre using a fibreoptic bronchoscope with conventional blind placement of a double-lumen tube. Thirty adult patients who presented for thoracoscopy requiring one-lung ventilation underwent endobronchial intubation with a double-lumen tube inserted either in the conventional blind way or using a fibreoptic bronchoscope. There were four misplacements of the double-lumen tube using the conventional method but none using the bronchoscope. In addition, the bronchoscope allowed more rapid intubation (mean 106 vs 347 s). The results suggest that the fibreoptic-guided method of inserting the double-lumen tube was a satisfactory alternative to the conventional one. | Source Title: | British Journal of Anaesthesia | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/131167 | ISSN: | 00070912 |
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