Journal article
Bonfils assisted double lumen endobronchial tube placement in an anticipated difficult airway
Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology, Vol.30(4), pp.568-570
2014
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.142867
PMCID: PMC4234799
PMID: 25425788
Abstract
The role of various airway adjuncts in the management of difficult airway has been described in the literature. Bonfils rigid fiberscope is one of the airway assist devices widely used for endotracheal intubation in the individuals with cervical instability warranting limited neck movements. With our experience in the utilization of Bonfils for single lumen endotracheal tube placement, we are increasingly using for double lumen endobronchial (DLT) intubation as well. We would like to describe our experience in the use of Bonfils for DLT placement and outline the merits and limitations of the other suitable airway assist devices in this report. The double lumen tube has to be modified by decreasing the length of DLT to accommodate the Bonfils fiberscope and this is applicable only in certain type of double lumen tubes for e.g. Bronchocath.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Bonfils assisted double lumen endobronchial tube placement in an anticipated difficult airway
- Creators
- Sudhakar Subramani - Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USARuban Poopalalingam - Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology, Vol.30(4), pp.568-570
- DOI
- 10.4103/0970-9185.142867
- PMID
- 25425788
- PMCID
- PMC4234799
- NLM abbreviation
- J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol
- ISSN
- 0970-9185
- eISSN
- 2231-2730
- Publisher
- Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd; India
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2014
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984006358902771
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