Videolaryngoscopy: A Discrete Approach to Awake Intubation!

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2019; 06(01): 048
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1677643

Correspondence

Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care

Ratnesh K. Shukla

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

,

Vattipalli Sameera

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

,

Arvind Chaturvedi

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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Indu Kapoor

¹Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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