Use of the Laryngeal Tube™ in two unexpected difficult airway situations: Lingual tonsillar hyperplasia and morbid obesity

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1018-1021

  Matioc, Adrian A ^a,b   Olson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX STENOSIS; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TONGUE DISEASE; TONSIL DISEASE; WAKEFULNESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TONSIL; VENTILATOR;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TONSIL; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 12144263349     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018491     Document Type: Article

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