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Topicalisation of airway for awake fibre-optic intubation: Walking on thin ice

Topicalisation of the airway by various techniques has routinely been recommended for awake fibre-optic bronchoscopy in cases of difficult airway. However, topicalisation by itself can cause airway obstruction by decreasing the tone of the laryngeal muscles and causing a dynamic air inflow obstructi...

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Autores principales: Dubey, Mamta, Pathak, Soumi, Ahmed, Furkan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6100272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30166659
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ija.IJA_63_18