The Williams Airway Intubator, the Ovassapian Airway and the Berman Airway as upper airway conduits for fibreoptic bronchoscopy in patients with difficult airways

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 505-510

  Greenland, Keith B ^a,b   Irwin, Michael G ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Berman Oropharyngeal Airway; Fibreoptic intubation; Ovassapian Fibreoptic Intubating Airway; Williams Airway Intubator

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BRONCHOSCOPE; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 10344247197     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200412000-00010     Document Type: Review

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