Tracheal intubation with Pentax AWS airway scope after failed fiberoptic intubation and failed insertion of the intubating laryngeal mask airway

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-472

  Asai, Takashi ^a   Ito, Isao ^b   Kuremoto, Yoshito ^b   Kawashima, Akira ^b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difficult airways; Laryngeal mask; Laryngoscopes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIGLOTTIS; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT;

EID: 77951535415     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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