Awake fiberoptic intubation and self-positioning in patients at risk of secondary cervical injury: A pilot study

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-221

  Malcharek, Michael Joerg ^a   Rogos, Birgit ^a   Watzlawek, Stefan ^a   Sorge, Oliver ^a   Sablotzki, Armin ^a   Gille, Jochen ^a   Larson, C Philip ^b  

^a Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

awake fiberoptic intubation; cervical instability; position related injuries; secondary cervical spine injury; self positioning; topical anesthesia

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; AWAKE FIBEROPTIC INTUBATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COUGHING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPINAL DISEASES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84862531944     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31824da7e5     Document Type: Article

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