The difficult airway: Propofol infusion as an alternative to gaseous induction

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-73

  Ludbrook, G L ^a,b   Hitchcock, M ^a,c   Upton, R N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway: difficult; Anaesthetic techniques: intubation; Anaesthetics, intravenous: propofol

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SCAR;

EID: 0030982877     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9702500113     Document Type: Article

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