Management of the obstructed upper airway

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-230

  Popat, M ^a   Dudnikov, S ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Intratracheal emergencies; Intubation; Laryngeal masks

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; LONG ACTING DRUG; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ANESTHESIST; APNEA; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIGLOTTITIS; FIBER OPTICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX EDEMA; LARYNX TUMOR; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGEON; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034748806     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cacc.2001.0351     Document Type: Article

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