Use of a gum elastic bougie to facilitate blind nasotracheal intubation in children: A series of three cases

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-294

  Arora, M K ^a   Karamchandani, K ^a   Trikha, A ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; HALOTHANE; OXYGEN; PROMETHAZINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR ANKYLOSIS;

ANKYLOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 33644762017     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04516.x     Document Type: Article

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