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AN IMPROVED SELECTIVE BRONCHIAL INTUBATION TECHNIQUE FOR MANAGING SEVERE LOCALIZED INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA
Author(s) -
MAC MAHON P.,
FLEMING P. J.,
THEARLE M. J.,
SPEIDEL B. D.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1982.tb09390.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , endotracheal tube , endotracheal intubation , surgery , pulmonary emphysema , anesthesia , lung
. A 30‐week gestation boy developed severe unilateral interstitial emphysema whilst being ventilated. This was successfully treated by selective bronchial intubation. The problem of right upper lobe collapse was overcome by using an endotracheal tube with an additional side hole.