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Filter by:Misplacement of endotracheal tube (ETT) can have devastating complications for patients, some of which include respiratory failure, atelectasis, and pneumothorax. There are a number of ways to verify the correct placement of ETT, with the stethoscope auscultation being commonly used despite its low accuracy (60-65%) in distinguishing tracheal from bronchial intubation (4-6). The gold standard techniques include Chest X Ray or fiberoptic bronchoscope (7-8), with a recent study showing point-of-care ultrasound. However, these techniques are expensive, time-consuming, often not readily available and require substantial training before users can reliably utilize them. Given intubation is often performed in urgent clinical settings, a technique that can reliably yet efficiently localize ETT would be beneficial. Tele-auscultation system via Core stethoscope (Eko, Berkeley, CA) has been shown to be effective in identifying pathologic heart murmur (10) yet its potential use in guiding the correct placement of ETT has not been explored. We set out to study the suitability of Core stethoscope in detecting the correct placement of ETT.
The purpose of the study will be to record the hemodynamic response measured by traditional methods (non-invasive blood pressure and ECG) and Pressure Recording Analytical Method in patients undergoing laryngeal mask placement compared with the hemodynamic response measured in patients undergoing laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation for performing surgery in gynecological area and assess the differences with the two methods.
To investigate if bronchial blocker is more suitable for one-lung ventilation during thoracoscope assisted mitral valve replacement surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass than the double-lumen endobronchial tube.