Management of the airway in patients undergoing cervical spine surgery

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 190-194

  Manninen, Pirjo H ^a,b   Jose, Geraldine B ^a   Lukitto, Karolinah ^a   Venkatraghavan, Lashmi ^a   El Beheiry, Hossam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway complications; Anesthesiologists; Cervical spine surgery; Endotracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SLEEP; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WAKEFULNESS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL STENOSIS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34347353238     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e318060d270     Document Type: Article

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