Airway management in patients who develop neck hematomas after carotid endarterectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 588-593

  Shakespeare, William A ^a   Lanier, William L ^a   Perkins, William J ^a   Pasternak, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK EXPLORATION SURGERY; NECK HEMATOMA; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FIBER OPTICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

EID: 76249128862     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c85128     Document Type: Article

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