Use of the nasotracheal Airtraq® to assist difficult nasal fibreoptic intubation

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 884-

  Schoettker, Patrick ^a   Bathory, Istvan ^a   Broome, Martin ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; BLEEDING; CAPNOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; FACE MASK; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LETTER; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; VOCAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JAW FRACTURE; LARYNGOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; JAW FRACTURES; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 57349136718     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03034066     Document Type: Letter

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