Cervical spine motion with direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation: An in vivo cinefluoroscopic study of subjects without cervical abnormality

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-36

  Sawin, Paul D ^a   Todd, Michael M ^b,c   Traynelis, Vincent C ^a   Farrell, Stella B ^b   Nader, Antoine ^b   Sato, Yutaka ^b   Clausen, John D ^b   Goel, Vijay K ^b  

^a Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment: cinefluoroscope; laryngoscope; Intubation: orotracheal; Spine: cervical; motion

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; NITRIC OXIDE; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 0030018509     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199607000-00005     Document Type: Article

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