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Tracheal intubation under fluoroscopic control X ray‐guided orotracheal intubation in three cases of impossible direct laryngoscopy
Author(s) -
Innocente F.,
Ori C.,
Giron G. P.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14397.x
Subject(s) - medicine , orotracheal intubation , laryngoscopy , intubation , tracheal intubation , laryngoscopes , anesthesia , surgery
Summary Three patients are described in whom it was impossible to visualise the larynx at direct laryngoscopy. Tracheal intubation was successfully and rapidly achieved with the aid of continuous fluoroscopy.