58
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
April 30, 2014
Disconnection group
The blocker cuff was deflated, the single lumen tube was disconnected from the ventilator for 60 s allowing the surgical lung to collapse, then the cuff was re-inflated with the same amount of air as determined previously and the ventilator was reconnected to the single lumen tube
Bronchial Suction group
The barrel part of a 1-mL insulin syringe was attached to the suction port of the bronchial blocker, and connected to -30 cm H2O of suction.
Dammam University, Khobar
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
OTHER