Fiberoptic intubation in 327 neurosurgical patients with lesions of the cervical spine

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-16

  Fuchs, Gottfried ^a   Schwarz, Gerhard ^a   Baumgartner, Anton ^a   Kaltenböck, Friedrich ^a   Voit Augustin, Henrika ^a   Planinz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cervical lesions; Fiberoptic intubation; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; COCAINE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; NEUROSURGERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0032932771     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-199901000-00003     Document Type: Article

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