Novel use of a guidewire to facilitate intubation in an obstructing anterior mediastinal mass

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 660-663

  Ward, Eldon W ^a   Sean McManus, M ^a  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; OROPHARYNX AIRWAY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SITTING; STRIDOR; THYMOMA; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; THYMOMA;

EID: 84904756141     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-014-0163-4     Document Type: Article

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