A prospective comparative study to evaluate the utility of lung ultrasonography to improve the accuracy of traditional clinical methods to confirm position of left sided double lumen tube in elective thoracic surgeries

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Traditional clinical methods like auscultation or inspection have been found to be inaccurate in confirmation of double-lumen tube (DLT) position. Lung ultrasonography (USG) reliably identifies the tidal movement (lung sliding) and the collapse of the lung (lung pulse). We inten...

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Autores principales: Parab, Swapnil Y, Divatia, Jigishu V, Chogle, Apurva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Clinical Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26379290
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.162983

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