Open AccessTime to tracheal intubation over a fibreoptic bronchoscope using a silicone left double-lumen endobronchial tube versus polyvinyl chloride single-lumen tube with bronchial blocker: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial
Author(s) -
Ji Young Yoo,
Yun Jeong Chae,
Sung Yong Park,
Seokjin Haam,
Myungseob Kim,
Dae–Hee Kim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.108
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , tracheal intubation , confidence interval , tracheal tube , anesthesia , surgery , randomized controlled trial , sore throat , airway , lumen (anatomy)
Direct insertion of a double-lumen endobronchial tube (DLT) over a fibreoptic bronchoscope (FOB) is considered more difficult and traumatic than that of a single-lumen tube (SLT). We hypothesized that time to intubation over an FOB using a silicone left DLT would be non-inferior to that using a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) SLT.