Lightwand-guided nasotracheal intubation in oromaxillofacial surgery patients with anticipated difficult airways: A comparison with blind nasal intubation

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1049-1053

  Dong, Y ^a   Li, G ^a   Wu, W ^a   Su, R ^a   Shao, Y ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

blind basal intubation; difficult airway; lightwand; nasotracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLIND NASAL INTUBATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SORE THROAT;

BLIND BASAL INTUBATION; DIFFICULT AIRWAY; LIGHTWAND; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OXYGEN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSILLUMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881479417     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: 13990020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2013.01.027     Document Type: Article

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