Incidence and predictors of difficult nasotracheal intubation with airway scope

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 650-654

  Ono, Koyu ^a   Goto, Tomoko ^a   Nakai, Daishi ^a   Ueki, Shuhei ^a   Takenaka, Seiichiro ^a   Moriya, Tomomi ^a  

^a Itoh Dento Maxillofacial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway scope; Difficult nasotracheal intubation; Video laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY SCOPE; ARTICLE; DENTAL PATIENT; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FORCEPS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NASAL CANNULA; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PNEUMATIC CUFF; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DEVICES; INCIDENCE; LARYNX; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919341329     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-013-1778-2     Document Type: Article

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