Awake intubation through the CTrach in the presence of an unstable cervical spine [15]

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 513-514

  Bilgin, H ^a   Yylmaz C ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33645791667     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04632.x     Document Type: Letter

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