Ultrasonography in the management of the airway

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1155-1173

  Kristensen, M S ^a  

^a Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BRONCHUS; CRICOID; CROICOTHYROID MEMBRANE; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; MOUTH; OROPHARYNX; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THYROID GLAND; TONGUE; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80054036720     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02518.x     Document Type: Review

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