Carlens double-lumen tube

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Carlens double-lumen tube is used for endotracheal intubation. It enables selective intubation, and thus ventilation of the right or left lung and simultaneous collapse of the bilateral lung wing.


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Carlens cannula


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  • MÁLEK, J – DVOŘÁK, A, et al. Fundamentals of anesthesiology. 1. edition. Prague : 3. Faculty of Medicine, UK, 2009.