Acta anaesthesiologica Sinica
-
Acta Anaesthesiol. Sin. · Jun 1996
[The incidence of double-lumen tubes displacement after positioning of patients during anesthesia].
Although many reports have described that unexpected displacement of double-lumen endobronchial tube (DLT) may be caused by patient positioning, however, in Taiwan the matter has not been reported, nor its incidence has been determined. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of DLT displacement after patient positioning. ⋯ Our result suggests that there is a high incidence of DLT displacement during patient positioning. Whenever the patient is repositioned, we recommend that constant vigilance is necessary to guard against tube displacement. Attention should be focused on possible causative factors so that the incidence can be decreased and the safety of DLT application assured.