Fibreoptic awake intubation for caesarean section in a parturient with predicted difficult airway

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 775-781

  Trevisan, P ^a,b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, obstetrical; Caesarean section; Fibreoptic; Intubation, intratracheal, methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ADULT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ATRACURIUM; ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ATRACURIUM; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIDOCAINE; METHYL ETHERS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NITROUS OXIDE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THIOPENTAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0036780586     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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