Gastric rupture after awake fibreoptic intubation in a patient with laryngeal carcinoma

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 856-858

  Ho, C M ^a   Yin, L W ^a   Tsou, K F ^a   Chow, L H ^a   Tsai, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complications, gastric rupture; Complications, intraoperative; Complications, stomach rupture; Intubation, fibreoptic; Intubation, tracheal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBER OPTICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LAPAROTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH RUPTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 19944402531     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei124     Document Type: Article

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