Fluoroscopy-assisted intubation of a child with an unstable subluxation of C1/C2

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-28

  Morell, Robert C ^a   Colonna, David M ^a   Mathes, Donald D ^a   Wilson, John A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Cervical spine; Fluoroscopy; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 0031036306     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-199701000-00008     Document Type: Article

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