Retrograde tracheal intubation: Beyond fibreoptic endotracheal intubation

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 412-416

  Weksler, Natan ^a   Klein, M ^a   Weksler, D ^b   Sidelnick, C ^a   Chorni, I ^a   Rozentsveig, V ^a   Brill, S ^a   Gurman, G M ^a   Ovadia, L ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MAGEN DAVID ADOM   (Israel)

^c HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Fibreoptic intubation; Retrograde intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROGRADE TRACHEAL INTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKILL; SORE THROAT; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942502334     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00347.x     Document Type: Review

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