A simple method to use the preformed nasotracheal tube during the lightwand-guided awake nasal intubation in the patients with difficult airways

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 599-600

  Xue, Fu Shan ^a   Yang, Quan Yong ^a   Xu, Ya Chao ^a   Liao, Xu ^a  

^a PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DYSPNEA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; PATIENT SAFETY; WAKEFULNESS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL;

EID: 65649102224     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.05.023     Document Type: Letter

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