Title: Tracheal diameter guide the choice of left double-lumen endobronchial tube size
Abstract: Objective To evaluate two approaches of choosing left double-lumen endobronchial tube size on the clinical efficacy of selected tube.Methods Three hundred patients scheduled for elective thoracic surgery who required one-lung ventilation withleft double-lumen endobronchialtube were randomly allocated into two equal groups with 150patients each as follows:traditional method group(group A),in which group tube size was selected according to patientsheight and weight,and tracheal diameter group(group B),in which tube size was choosed based on chest computed tomographic(CT)scan measurement of tracheal diameter.Patientssex,age,height,weight,diseases type,as well as left double-lumen endobronchial tube size selected,fitness of selected tube,degree of pulmonary collapse,and complications 24hours after operation were recorded.Results Group B had a larger tube size,higher fitness,better pulmonary collapse,and fewer complications compared with group A(P0.05).Conclusion The double-lumen endobronchial tube size selected according to chest CTscan of tracheal diameter may be more relatively appropriate and accurate.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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