Awake intubation using lightwand technique under conscious sedation with remifentanil

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1233-1236

  Igarashi, Ayuko ^a   Yokoo, Noriko ^a   Sato, Masayoshi ^a   Amagasa, Sumio ^a  

^a Yamagata Prefectural Shinjo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conscious sedation; Difficult airway; Lightwand; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; JAW TUMOR; MACROGLOSSIA; SOFT PALATE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERIDINES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 54249103999     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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