Anaes SAQs · Thoracic anaesthesia & one-lung ventilation
The lung isolation — the DLT and the bronchial blocker
Primary — the DLT (the left-preferred, the sizes 35-41 Fr, the two-lumens, the cuff-isolation), the bronchial blocker (the Arndt, the EZ-Blocker, the for-the-difficult-airway-and-the-paediatric), the fibrescope-confirmation, the re-check-after-the-position-change.
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Describe the methods of the lung isolation for the thoracic surgery (the double-lumen tube and the bronchial blocker), the indications, and the confirmation of the position.
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Describe the methods of the lung isolation for the thoracic surgery (the double-lumen tube and the bronchial blocker), the indications, and the confirmation of the position.
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- [1]Campos JH Current techniques for perioperative lung isolation in adults. Anesthesiology, 2002.PMID 12411817
- [12411818]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.