A case of awake intubation in semi-sitting position for a patient with myasthenia gravis combined with cervical disc hernia utilizing pentax-AWS airwayscope®

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-87

  Komasawa, Nobuyasu ^a   Ueki, Ryusuke ^a   Tomita, Yukihiko ^a   Kaminoh, Yoshiroh ^a   Tashiro, Chikara ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical disc hernia; Difficult airway management; Myasthenia gravis; Pentax AWS airwayscope ; Semi sitting position

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GASTRECTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; SITTING; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTURE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79551594087     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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