Airway management in adult patients with deep neck infections: A case series and review of the literature

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 585-589

  Ovassapian, Andranik ^a,d   Tuncbilek, Meltem ^b   Weitzel, Erik K ^c   Joshi, Chandrashekhar W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEEP NECK INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUDWIG ANGINA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUDWIG'S ANGINA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 12844251899     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000141526.32741.CF     Document Type: Article

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