Insertion of a nasogastric tube with the patient in the prone position [5]

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1106-1107

  Yamauchi, Masanori ^a   Furuse, Shingo ^a   Asano, Makoto ^a   Watanabe, Masanori ^a   Iwasaki, Soushi ^a   Namiki, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUMBAR DISK; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INTUBATION; SUPINE POSITION;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; PRONE POSITION; STOMACH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 32044462456     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021617     Document Type: Letter

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