Blind intubation device for nasotracheal intubation in 100 oral and maxillofacial surgery patients with anticipated difficult airways: A prospective evaluation

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 746-751

  Sun, Yu ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Zhu, Yesen ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Huang, Yan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adult; Airway management; Blind intubation; Device; Nasotracheal intubation; Oral and maxillofacial surgery; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MANDIBLE HYPOPLASIA; MAXILLA FRACTURE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MICROGNATHIA; MOUTH CANCER; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ORAL SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR ANKYLOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE CAVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049129992     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32832b13a2     Document Type: Article

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