Preemptive vessel dilator cricothyrotomy aids in the management of upper airway obstruction

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 765-769

  Boyce, James R ^a   Peters, Glenn E ^a   Carroll, William R ^a   Magnuson, J Scott ^a   McCrory, Allison ^a   Boudreaux, Arthur M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; JET VENTILATION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 27844503541     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016567     Document Type: Review

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