Difficult laryngoscopy made easy with the use of left-hand laryngoscope blade

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-144

  Das Adhikary, Sanjib ^a   Venkatesan, T ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Ponniah, M ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Laryngoscopy; Left hand laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FIBER OPTICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 33845394246     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael289     Document Type: Article

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