Bronchospirometry with Carlens' Double Lumen Catheter

Should a Double-Lumen Catheter be withdrawn?

Haemodialysis needs a credible and recurrent access to the systemic circulation which can be accomplished by way of central vein catheterization. We report the case of bleeding after withdrawal of the double lumen catheter. A 36-year-old woman who was a known case of end-stage renal disease referred to a dialysis center because of her arteriovenous fistula malfunction. A double-lumen catheter w...

Double-Lumen Flotation Catheter for Use

A DOUBLE-LUMEN flotation catheter* is now used regularly in myocardial infarction research units to obtain right heart pressures in acutely ill patients. It has proven a safe and reliable method of obtaining right heart pressures without fluoroscopy. The technique is simple: A 5-French double-lumen catheter with a small inflatable rubber balloon just proximal to the tip is inserted into a perip...

Novel Double Lumen Catheter for Drug Delivery at the Skin- Catheter Interface

The current trend in using percutaneous devices in contemporary medicine and the increased dependence on advanced treatments with technologically improved delivery systems will produce a sustained growth in the number of patients undergoing procedures where a skin-implant interface will be present [1-3,12]. Increasingly, these bio interfaces will also become long-term or permanent interfaces. T...

Initial Experience with the New Double-lumen Scepter Balloon Catheter for Treatment of Wide-necked Aneurysms

OBJECTIVE A new double-lumen balloon catheter was being developed for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms. The purpose of this study is to report our initial experience of a double-lumen balloon catheter for the treatment of wide-necked aneurysms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventeen patients (mean age, 63 years; range, 45-80 years) with wide-necked, with or without a branch-incorporated aneurysms...

Double-Lumen Endotracheal Tubes