A new technique to reduce epistaxis and enhance navigability during nasotracheal intubation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1420-1424

  Seo, Kwang Suk ^a   Kim, Jae Hun ^b   Yang, Sol Mon ^b   Kim, Hyun Jeong ^a   Bahk, Jae Hyon ^b   Yum, Kwang Won ^a  

^a BK 21 Plus   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STETHOSCOPE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 37349034227     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000281156.64133.bd     Document Type: Article

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