Comparing the rate of fiberoptic bronchoscopy use with a video double lumen tube versus a conventional double lumen tube-a randomized controlled trial

2020 Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND: Double lumen endotracheal tubes (DLT) are commonly used to provide single lung ventilation during thoracic surgery. A fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) is typically used to confirm accurate DLT placement. Accounting for initial purchase, maintenance, repair and cleaning, the use of an FOB can cost as much as $312 per procedure. The VivaSight DLT (VS-DLT) incorporates a built-in camera, which is aimed at reducing FOB use and its associated costs. In this study, we compared the rate of FOB use when intubating using either a VS-DLT or a conventional DLT (c-DLT).

METHODS: This is a randomized controlled comparative study performed at a public county teaching hospital. A total of 50 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to either a c-DLT (n=25) or a VS-DLT (n=25). The primary outcome was the rate of FOB use. Secondary outcomes included time to correct tube placement and incidence of malposition during surgery.

RESULTS: Use of the VS-DLT required significantly less FOB use (28%) compared to use of the c-DLT (100%). While there was no difference in the ease of intubation, the time to correct tube placement was significantly faster using a VS-DLT (54 vs. 156 s, P<0.001). Additionally, the incidence of tube malposition was significantly reduced in the VS-DLT group.

CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated a significantly lower rate of FOB use when using a VS-DLT compared to a c-DLT. Placement of the VS-DLT was significantly quicker and malposition during surgery occurred significantly less than with the c-DLT. While intubating with a VS-DLT provides clinical benefits, it may not result in significant cost reductions when compared to a c-DLT.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of thoracic disease - 12(2020), 11 vom: 28. Nov., Seite 6533-6541

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Onifade, Akinjide [VerfasserIn]
Lemon-Riggs, Dlorean [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Pak, Taylor [VerfasserIn]
Pruszynski, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Reznik, Scott [VerfasserIn]
Moon, Tiffany S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Double lumen tube
Journal Article
Single lung ventilation
Thoracic surgery
VivaSight

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Date Revised 18.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21037/jtd-20-1595

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318482347