A comparison of the forces exerted during laryngoscopy. The Macintosh versus the McCoy blade

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 912-915

  Mccoy, E P ^b   Mirakhur, R K ^a   Rafferty, C ^b   Bunting, H ^b   Austin, B A ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Equipment, laryngoscope, Macintosh, McCoy; Larynx, laryngoscopy; Measurement techniques, strain gauge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; STRESS; TIME;

EID: 0029828334     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb14955.x     Document Type: Article

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