Multidisciplinary management of the airway in a trauma-induced brain injury patient

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Conaway, Jacques R ^a   Scherr, Steven C ^b  

^a Franklin Square Hospital Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Epiglottis prolapse; Laryngomalacia; Oral appliance therapy; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPIGLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MANDIBLE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; EPIGLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 6344287991     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-834488     Document Type: Article

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