Awake tracheal intubation using Pentax airway scope in 30 patients: A Case series

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 447-451

  Kajekar, Payal ^a   Mendonca, Cyprian ^a   Danha, Rati ^a   Hillermann, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awake fibreoptic intubation; Awake intubation; Pentax airway scope; Video laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBRE OPTIC SCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; OROPHARYNX; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALATE; PENTAX AIRWAY SCOPE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; SEDATION; SPINE DISEASE; TONGUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84906262519     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.138987     Document Type: Article

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