Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 529-532 , November 2009

Anesthesia and airway management for removing pulmonary self-expanding metallic stents

  • D. John Doyle, MD, PhD, FRCPC (Professor and Staff)

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of General Anesthesiology – E31, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Tel.: +1 216 444 1927; fax: +1 216 444 2294.
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  • Basem Abdelmalak, MD (Staff)

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • ,
  • Michael Machuzak, MD (Staff)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicare, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas R. Gildea, MD (Staff)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicare, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA

Received 24 March 2008 ,Revised 13 October 2008 ,Accepted 10 November 2008.

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☆ Support was provided solely from institutional and/or departmental sources. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

PII: S0952-8180(09)00213-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.11.010

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 529-532 , November 2009

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