Airway management in Ludwig's angina

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 659-661

  Neff, S P W ^a,b   Merry, A F ^a   Anderson, B ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airway: difficult, obstruction, management

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INCISION; LARYNX SPASM; LUDWIG ANGINA; MALE; OXYGENATION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033374885     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700323     Document Type: Article

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