Effective use of the esophageal tracheal Combitube™ following severe burn injury

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 463-466

  Hagberg, Carin A ^a,b   Johnson, Sonya ^a,b   Pillai, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Anesthesia; Combitube ; Elective; Esophageal tracheal; Intratracheal; Intubation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BURN; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; EVALUATION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSTOMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344925573     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(03)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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