Re-intubation over airway exchange catheters - Mind the gap

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 859-860

  Higgs, A ^a   Swampillai, C ^a   Dravid, R ^a   Mitchell, V ^a   Patel, A ^a   Popat, M ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AIRWAY EXCHANGE CATHETER; BAROTRAUMA; CATHETER; CATHETER REMOVAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; JET VENTILATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LETTER; OXYGEN THERAPY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY;

DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL;

EID: 77954516113     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06433.x     Document Type: Letter

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