Evaluation of tracheal intubation difficulty in patients with cervical spine immobilization: Fiberoptic (WuScope) versus conventional laryngoscopy

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1253-1259

  Smith, Charles E ^a   Pinchak, Anna B ^b   Sidhu, Tejbir S ^b   Radesic, Brian P ^b   Pinchak, Alfred C ^b   Hagen, Joan F ^b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical trauma; Cormack view

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032744360     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199911000-00015     Document Type: Article

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