Awake Glidescope® intubation in a patient with a huge and fixed supraglottic mass

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Choi, Guen Seok ^a   Park, Sang Il ^a   Lee, Eun Ha ^a   Yoon, Seok Hwa ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Fiberoptic bronchoscope; Glidescope; Stylet; Supraglottic mass

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRICOID; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX EDEMA; LARYNX TUMOR; RESPIRATION CONTROL; VIDEOENDOSCOPY;

EID: 78651421535     PISSN: 20056419     EISSN: 20057563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S26     Document Type: Article

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