The use of a small endotracheal tube in bronchoscopy.
The use of the standard 4-mm cuffed endotracheal tube to deliver manually or mechanically interrupted jets of oxygen or nitrous oxide and oxygen into the trachea allowed bronchoscopy and other related procedures to be performed with advantage to the patient, the surgeon and the anawsthetist. This paper describes the equipment used and the advantages obtained.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001285:Atropine; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002697:Chloral Hydrate; D003975:Diazepam; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013874:Thiopental
D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002697:Chloral Hydrate; D009020:Morphine; D001285:Atropine; D013874:Thiopental; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D003975:Diazepam; D010100:Oxygen