Outcomes of intubation in difficult airways due to head and neck pathology

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Iseli, Tim A ^a   Iseli, Claire E ^a   Golden, J Blake ^b   Jones, Virginia L ^b   Boudreaux, Arthur M ^b   Boyce, James R ^b   Weeks, David M ^b   Carrol, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX INJURY; OXYGENATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84861490644     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556131209100313     Document Type: Article

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