Difficulty in advancing a tracheal tube over a fibreoptic bronchoscope: Incidence, causes and solutions

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 870-881

  Asai, T ^a   Shingu, K ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equipment, bronchoscopes fibreoptic; Equipment, tubes tracheal

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APNEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPE; CHILD; FIBER OPTICS; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPES; CHILD; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2942659508     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh136     Document Type: Review

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