Fiberoptic intubation via laryngeal mask airway under general anesthesia in the patients with halo vest

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 505-508

  Kitamura, Sanji ^a   Yamada, Mamiko ^a   Morikawa, Mayumi ^a   Kamikawa, Keiko ^a   Kono, Katsuakira ^b  

^a Kobe National Hospital   (Japan)

^b Chibune General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Fiberoptic intubation; Halo vest; Laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HALO VEST; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CLOTHING; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038459115     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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