Airway fire during tracheostomy: Prevention strategies for surgeons and anaesthetists

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 376-380

  Rogers, M L ^a   Nickalls, R W D ^a   Brackenbury, E T ^a   Salama, F D ^a   Beattie, M G ^a   Perks, A G B ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Anaesthesia; Anesthesia; Fire; Surgery; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIRE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAZARD; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGEON; THREAT; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FIRES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0035157205     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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