Use of sevoflurane in difficult airways

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 627-629

  Kandasamy, R ^a   Sivalingam, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; General anesthesia; Inhalational induction; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG CHOICE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; GOITER; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034057252     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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