Wire-guided catheter exchange after failed direct laryngoscopy in critically ill adults

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-96

  Joffe, Aaron M ^a   Arndt, George ^a   Willmann, Karl ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Airway management; Critical care; Difficult airway; Wire guided catheter exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949472367     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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