Elective awake intubation in a patient with massive multinodular goitre presenting for radioiodine treatment

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 236-239

  Chakera, A ^a   Van Heerden, P V ^a   Van Der Schaaf, A ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway; Awake; Goitre; Thyroid; Trachea: Intubation; Upper: Obstruction

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANTITHYROID AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; ENOXAPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; OXYGEN; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROIDECTOMY; TOXIC GOITER; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0036223353     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0203000222     Document Type: Article

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