Cervical spine motion during flexible bronchoscopy compared with the Lo-Pro GlideScope®

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-430

  Wong, D M ^a,c,d   Prabhu, A ^a   Chakraborty, S ^a   Tan, G ^a   Massicotte, E M ^a   Cooper, R ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway; Anaesthetic techniques, bronchoscopy; Anaesthetic techniques, laryngoscopy; Equipment, laryngoscopes fibreoptic; Monitoring, radiological

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 60249087572     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep002     Document Type: Article

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