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Misplacement of left-sided double-lumen tubes into the right mainstem bronchus: incidence, risk factors and blind repositioning techniques

BACKGROUND: Double-lumen endobronchial tubes (DLTs) are commonly advanced into the mainstem bronchus either blindly or by fiberoptic bronchoscopic guidance. However, blind advancement may result in misplacement of left-sided DLTs into the right bronchus. Therefore, incidence, risk factors, and blind...

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Autores principales: Seo, Jeong-Hwa, Bae, Jun-Yeol, Kim, Hyun Joo, Hong, Deok Man, Jeon, Yunseok, Bahk, Jae-Hyon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4625646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26511934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-015-0138-1