Avoiding palatopharyngeal trauma during videolaryngoscopy: Do not forget the blind spots

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 532-534

  Van Zundert, A ^a   Pieters, B ^b   Van Zundert, T ^b   Gatt, S ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INJURY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY; VOCAL CORD;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84858707772     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02642.x     Document Type: Letter

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