Airway obstruction after extubation following use of transesophageal echocardiography for posterior fossa surgery in the sitting position

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1139-1141

  Pandia, Mihir Prakash ^a   Bithal, Parmod Kumar ^a   Bhagat, Hemant ^a   Sharma, Munish ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Respiratory obstruction; Sitting position; Tran esophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; ROCURONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EDEMA; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE;

EID: 35348928015     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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