ANAESTHESIA FOR FIBREOPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY
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- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 47 (11) , 1219-1223
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/47.11.1219
Abstract
Fibreoptic bronchoscopy is a useful diagnostic aid but may result in difficulties when associated with endotracheal anaesthesia. As a result, adequate ventilation may be difficult in patients with impaired pulmonary function and, in particular, in female patients because of the smaller size of the laryngeal opening. In a trial of three methods of endotracheal anaesthesia in a series of 39 patients, a direct catheter inflation technique gave satisfactory ventilation without circulatory depression.Keywords
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