Use of remifentanil for awake fiberoptic intubation in a morbidly obese patient with severe inflammation of the neck

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 473-476

  Puchner, Wolfgang ^a   Obwegeser, J ^a   Puhringer F K ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Awake fiberoptic intubation; Difficult airway; Morbid obesity; Odontogenic infection; Remifentanil; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTUBATION; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NECK INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TOOTH INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WAKEFULNESS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FIBER OPTICS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBESITY, MORBID; PIPERIDINES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036235202     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460426.x     Document Type: Article

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