Emergent retrograde tracheal intubation with a gum-elastic bougie in a trauma patient

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1720-1721

  Marciniak, Donn ^a,b   Smith, Charles E ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBER OPTICS; GUM ELASTIC BOUGIE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG CLEARANCE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549055196     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000287817.21229.99     Document Type: Article

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