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A modified technique to improve the outcome of intubation with a left-sided double-lumen endobronchial tube

BACKGROUND: The use of a video-assisted laryngoscope (VL) has been shown to reduce the time to achieve intubation with a double-lumen endobronchial tube (DLT). As the blade of the VL is curved differently to a standard laryngoscope, the DLT must be angled into a hockey stick shape to fit properly. W...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Hung-Te, Chou, Shah-Hwa, Chou, Chun-Yen, Tseng, Kuang-Yi, Kuo, Yi-Wei, Chen, Mei-Chun, Cheng, Kuang-I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25206313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-72