Timing of tracheal intubation: Monitoring the orbicularis oculi, the adductor pollicis or use a stopwatch?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 130-135

  Koscielniak Nielsen, Z J ^a   Horn, A ^a   Sztuk, F ^a   Eriksen, K ^a   Theil Skovgaard, L ^b   Viby Mogensen, J ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Intubation, tracheal; Monitoring, neuromuscular function; Muscle, adductor pollicis, orbicularis oculi; Neuromuscular relaxants, vecuronium

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; VECURONIUM;

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; TIME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0029935143     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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