Preoperative chewing gum and foreign body airway obstruction

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 479-480

  Haftoura, Evaggelia ^a   Pourzitaki, Chryssa ^a,b   Logotheti, Helena ^a   Aroni, Filippia ^a   Arambatzis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a Achillopouleion General Hospital Of Volos   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHEWING GUM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CHEWING GUM; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LAPAROTOMY;

EID: 56549103485     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-008-0662-y     Document Type: Letter

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