Awake video laryngoscope intubation: Case report of a patient with a nasopharyngeal mass

AANA Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 347-353

  Dotson, Mitch ^a,b  

^a VA Medical Cener   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Awake intubation; Difficult airway; Video laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWAKE VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE INTUBATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; RESPIRATION CONTROL; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBER OPTICS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84869444753     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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