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Open Access
01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Clinical experiences with a new endobronchial blocking device: the EZ-Blocker
Authors:
T Végh, A Enyedi, I Takács, J Kollár, B Fülesdi
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Both elective and emergency thoracic surgical procedures may require one-lung ventilation (OLV) for lung isolation [
1]. Although in the majority of the cases a double lumen endotracheal tube (DLT) is the first choice, there are situations when insertion of DLT is not feasible [
2]. We therefore intended to test the applicability of a recently developed endobronchial blocker (BB), the EZ-Blocker, in clinical practice. …