The cuffed oropharyngeal airway as an aid to fibreoptic intubation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 480-483

  Pigott, D W ^a   Kay, N H ^a   Greenberg, R S ^b  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment; airway, bronchoscope, fibreoptic; Intubation, tracheal; technique

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; CASE REPORT; CUFF; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHARYNX; TONGUE;

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNX;

EID: 0031899772     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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