Use of the Airtraq® with a fibreoptic bronchoscope in a difficult intubation outside the operating room

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 561-562

  Matioc, Adrian A ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRONCHOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48849091395     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016679     Document Type: Letter

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