Pentax-AWS (Airway Scope®) for awake tracheal intubation

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 642-643

  Suzuki, Akihiro ^a   Kunisawa, Takayuki ^a   Takahata, Osamu ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Nozaki, Koji ^a   Henderson, John J ^b  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGITATION; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VOCAL CORD; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SUCTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 36849012679     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.06.010     Document Type: Letter

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