Cervical spine overflexion in a halo orthosis contributes to complete upper airway obstruction during awake bronchoscopic intubation: a case report;L’hyperflexion de la colonne cervicale dans une orthèse de Halo contribue à l’obstruction totale des voies aériennes hautes au cours d’une intubation éveillée par bronchoscopie: étude de cas

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 289-293

  White, Alexander N J ^a   Wong, David T ^a   Goldstein, Christina L ^a   Wong, Jean ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; HALO ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; TACHYCARDIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CERVICAL SPINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INJURIES; SPINE FRACTURE; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL FRACTURES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84925465297     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-014-0282-y     Document Type: Article

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