Use of sugammadex in a ‘can't intubate, can't ventilate’ situation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 612-614

  Curtis, R ^a   Lomax, S ^a   Patel, B ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; intubation, intratracheal; cyclodextrins

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; GAMMA CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; ROCURONIUM; SUGAMMADEX;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRICOID; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANDROSTANOLS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; GAMMA-CYCLODEXTRINS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84860311940     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer494     Document Type: Article

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