Pathways through the nose for nasal intubation: A comparison of three endotracheal tubes

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Ahmed Nusrath, A ^a   Tong, J L ^b   Smith, J E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, fibreoptic; Anatomy, airway; Complications, intubation nasotracheal; Equipment, tubes tracheal

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NOSE CAVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; SURGERY, ORAL;

EID: 38949146450     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem350     Document Type: Article

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