Balloon laryngoscopy reduces head extension and blade leverage in patients with potential cervical spine injury

Critical Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-44

  Mentzelopoulos, Spyros D ^a,b   Tsitsika, Marina V ^a   Balanika, Marina P ^a   Joufi, Maria J ^a   Karamichali, Evangelia A ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Evangelismos General Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Balloon laryngoscopy; Blade; Extension; Head; Leverage; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GLOTTIS; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0033995304     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc648     Document Type: Article

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