A comparison of cervical spine motion during orotracheal intubation with the trachlight® or the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1638-1643

  Houde, Bryan J ^a   Williams, Stephan R ^a   Cadrin Chênevert, Alexandre ^a   Guilbert, François ^a   Drolet, Pierre ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBEROSCOPE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65349141946     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31819c60a1     Document Type: Article

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