Difficult airways: A reliable "Plan b"

Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-189

  Bishop, D G ^a   Farina, Z ^a   Wise, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Percutaneous jet ventilation; Rescue ventilation

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JET VENTILATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSTRACHEAL JET VENTILATION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 79957649105     PISSN: 22201181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/22201173.2011.10872774     Document Type: Article

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