04 January 2024
: Case report 
Innovative Approach to Difficult Airway Management: Utilizing the Cook® Airway Exchange Catheter for Double-Lumen Tube Intubation
Unusual setting of medical care
Adrien Maseri
1ABCDEF*, Pierre Ista1ABCDEF, Gaspard Leclercq1BE, Quentin Delhez1E, Anne-Sophie Dincq 1DEF
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942288
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e942288
Table 1. Comparison of the external diameter of the Cook® Airway Exchange Catheter with the internal and external diameter of the double-lumen endotracheal tube from Covidien® (Dublin, Ireland).
| Double-Lumen Tube | Cook® Airway Exchanger Catheter | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| External diameter (Fr*) | External diameter (mm**) | Internal diameter (mm) | External diameter (Fr) | External diameter (mm) |
| 13.7 | 5.4 | 4.67 | ||
| 13.0 | 5.3 | |||
| 12.3 | 5.1 | |||
| 11.7 | 4.8 | 3.67 | ||
| 10.7 | 3.4 | 2.67 | ||
| Fr* – French (1-French=1/3 mm; 3-Fr=1 mm); mm** – millimeter. | ||||