A new low-cost method for difficult airway management in non-missile-penetrating cervical spine injury

A new low-cost method for difficult airway management in non-missile-penetrating cervical spine injury

Accessing and maintaining the airway in penetrating cervical spine injury is a challenge for anaesthetists globally. This is more so in resource-poor settings, where advanced techniques for intubation in difficult airway situations are unavailable. We describe a new, low-cost, easily adaptable metho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Taopheeq B Rabiu, Amos E Fadare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Developing countries
difficult airway
low-cost method
penetrating cervical spine injury
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=2;spage=162;epage=164;aulast=Rabiu

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http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=2;spage=162;epage=164;aulast=Rabiu

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