Nasotracheal intubation: Look before you leap

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 859-860

  Piepho, Tim ^a   Thierbach, A ^a   Werner, C ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Equipment, tubes, tracheal; Ventilation, failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPISTAXIS; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 19944413994     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei146     Document Type: Article

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