Tracheal intubation using the Bonfils intubation fibrescope after failed direct laryngoscopy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1207-1209

  Bein, B ^a   Yan, M ^a,b   Tonner, P H ^a   Scholz, J ^a   Steinfath, M ^a   Dorges V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Intubation, intratracheal; laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUFENTANIL;

AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 10044224412     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03967.x     Document Type: Article

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