Extubation of a difficult airway after thyroidectomy: Use of a flexible bronchoscope via the LMA-Classic™

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-57

  Ellard, Louise ^a   Brown, Dale H ^b   Wong, David T ^c  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

AGED; AIRWAY EXTUBATION; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84856954325     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-011-9619-y     Document Type: Article

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