TY - JOUR
T1 - Collection of Tracheobronchial Secretions
AU - Kesden, Daniel
AU - York, George K.
AU - Bartlett, John G.
AU - Gorbach, Sherwood L.
PY - 1974/9/26
Y1 - 1974/9/26
N2 - To the Editor: The articles by Gorbach and Bartlett on anaerobic infections (N Engl J Med 290:1177–1184, 1237–1245, 1289–1294, 1974) stress the frequency of contamination of the upper respiratory tract with aerobic and especially with anaerobic bacteria. Therefore, they suggest transtracheal aspiration to obtain specimens devoid of upper-airway contamination. Transtracheal aspiration is a very useful technic. However, it is uncomfortable and occasionally associated with serious complications. Would it not be possible to produce a sterile double-lumen tube of the nasogastric type whose outer-tube tip is covered and the inner tube can be advanced? With this device the outer tube is.
AB - To the Editor: The articles by Gorbach and Bartlett on anaerobic infections (N Engl J Med 290:1177–1184, 1237–1245, 1289–1294, 1974) stress the frequency of contamination of the upper respiratory tract with aerobic and especially with anaerobic bacteria. Therefore, they suggest transtracheal aspiration to obtain specimens devoid of upper-airway contamination. Transtracheal aspiration is a very useful technic. However, it is uncomfortable and occasionally associated with serious complications. Would it not be possible to produce a sterile double-lumen tube of the nasogastric type whose outer-tube tip is covered and the inner tube can be advanced? With this device the outer tube is.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197409262911318
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197409262911318
M3 - Letter
C2 - 4852727
AN - SCOPUS:85023262552
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 291
SP - 680
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 13
ER -