Multiple sites of impingement of a tracheal tube as it is advanced over a fibreoptic bronchoscope or tracheal tube introducer in anaesthetized, paralysed patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 444-449

  Jackson, Andrew H ^a,g   Orr, B ^b   Yeo, C ^c   Parker, C ^d   Craven, R ^e   Greenberg, S L ^f  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^d GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Catheter; Equipment; Fibreoptic bronchoscope; General intubation; Introducer; Tracheal tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBEROSCOPE; GASTROSCOPE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PARALYSIS; PYRIFORM CORTEX;

EID: 33747006273     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400409     Document Type: Article

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