Airway management in adult scheduled anaesthesia (difficult airway excepted);Positionnement, techniques d'intubation standard (oro- et nasotrachéale) avec l'aide à l'intubation (pression cricoïdienne, long mandrin, lubrification, etc.) et contrôle de la position du tube, sa fixation et la pression dans le ballonnet (manomètre); techniques alternatives avec dispositif oropharyngé et leurs indications (MF, ML, LT)

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Adnet, F ^a   Bally, B ^b   Pean D ^c  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Airway management

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FACE MASK; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; LUNG CLEARANCE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PATIENT MONITORING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0042329338     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0750-7658(02)00853-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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