The safety of awake tracheal intubation in cervical spine injury
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Elective oral tracheal intubation in cervical spine-injured adults.
There is controversy regarding the optimal mode of elective tracheal intubation in the patient with an unstable cervical spine following trauma. A ten-year review of 150 patients with traumatic cervical spine injuries with well-preserved neurological function, presenting for operative stabilization, was conducted to compare neurological outcome with the mode of tracheal intubation. Preoperative...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03008639