Comparison of 4 airway devices on cervical spine alignment in a cadaver model with global ligamentous instability at C5-C6

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 476-481

  Prasarn, Mark L ^a   Conrad, Bryan ^b   Rubery, Paul T ^a   Wendling, Adam ^b   Aydog, Tolga ^c   Horodyski, Marybeth ^b   Rechtine, Glenn R ^a  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

airway; cervical; immobilization; injury; instability; intubation spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LARYNGOSCOPE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINE INSTABILITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTILATOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIGAMENTS; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 84858800659     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31822419fe     Document Type: Article

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