title: Anaesthesia for fibreoptic bronchoscopy.
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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000770:Anesthesia, Endotracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006221:Halothane; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation; D013874:Thiopental; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D013874:Thiopental; D010100:Oxygen; D006221:Halothane