Tracheal esophageal combitube: A useful airway for morbidly obese patients who cannot intubate or ventilate

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 911-913

  Della Puppa, Andrea ^a   Pittoni, G ^a   Frass, M ^a  

^a S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway; Airway pressure; Combitube; Laryngeal spasm; Obesity; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX SPASM; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUBE;

ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGISMUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036071018     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460726.x     Document Type: Article

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