Failed tracheal intubation with the lma-ctrach™ in two patients with lingual tonsil hyperplasia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 601-602

  Ojeda, Antonio ^a   López, Ana M ^a,b   Borrat, Xavier ^a   Valero, Ricard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LINGUAL TONSIL HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OBESITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TONSIL DISEASE; HYPERTROPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE; TONSIL;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TONGUE; TONSIL;

EID: 49949103426     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318176fb0b     Document Type: Article

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