Sudden vocal cord closure during general anesthesia using remifentanil

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1213-1217

  Kohno, Tatsuro ^a   Ikoma, Miho ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difficult ventilation; Remifentanil; Vocal cord closure

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 54249095520     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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