Emergency tracheal catheterization for jet ventilation: A role for the ENT surgeon?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-236

  Standley, T D A ^a   Smith, H L ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway Obstruction; Anaesthesia; High Frequency Jet Ventilation; Trachea

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; EMERGENCY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; JET VENTILATION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STRIDOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EMERGENCIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY JET VENTILATION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; TRACHEA;

EID: 16844362801     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215053561639     Document Type: Article

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