The peri-operative complications of nasal intubation: A comparison of nostril side

Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 447-450

  Coe, T R ^a   Human, M ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications: epistaxis; Equipment: tube; nasotracheal; Intubation, tracheal: technique; complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; NOSE CAVITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NOSE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035010718     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01524.x     Document Type: Article

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