Electrocautery-ignited endotracheal tube fire: Case report

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 142-143

  Baur, Dale A ^a   Butler, Ronald C D ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; FIRE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0032928378     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1997.0095     Document Type: Article

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