Dexmedetomidine sedation for awake fiberoptic intubation of patients with difficult airways due to severe odontogenic cervicofacial infections

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1608-1612

  Boyd, Barry C ^a   Sutter, Steven J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICOFACIAL INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; ORAL SURGERY; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SEDATION; SWELLING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TRISMUS; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FACE; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 79956367654     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: 15315053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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