When massive hemoptysis develops suddenly, patients typically die due to hypovolemia or airway obstruction. Intubation, endobronchial blocking, and elimination of blood clots are urgently required. However, existing double-lumen tubes and single endobronchial balloon systems are inadequate. We herein report successful EZ-blocker-mediated one-lung ventilation of a patient with a massive hemoptysis who required emergency life-saving surgery.
Keywords: EZ-blocker; Hemoptysis; lung isolation.
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