Insertion of a nasogastric tube under direct vision: Another atraumatic approach to an age-old issue [11]

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 962-963

  Gombar, S ^a   Khanna, A K ^b   Gombar, K K ^b  

^a House No 1111   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MOUTH CAVITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INTUBATION; VISION;

ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; OROPHARYNX;

EID: 34447297284     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01347.x     Document Type: Letter

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