Anaes Vivas · Thoracic anaesthesia & one-lung ventilation
Equipment viva — the double-lumen tube
An equipment viva on the DLT — the two lumens (the tracheal and the bronchial), the cuffs, the left-preference, the fibrescope placement and confirmation, the re-check-after-the-position-change.
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A left-sided double-lumen tube (the Robertshaw 37 French). Describe its structure, the placement, and the confirmation.
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This is a left-sided double-lumen tube (the Robertshaw 37 French) with the tracheal and the bronchial cuffs. Describe its structure, the placement, and the confirmation.
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