Videolaryngoscopy offers advantages over classic laryngoscopy in a patient with seriously limited lip opening

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 468-469

  Van Zundert, André ^a,b   Pieters, Barbe ^a,b   Hoogbergen, Maarten ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

AGED; CAPNOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; LIP; LIP CANCER; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MOUTH CAVITY; TELEVISION CAMERA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIP; LIP NEOPLASMS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84864925742     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-011-1314-1     Document Type: Letter

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