Acoustic reflectometry and endotracheal intubation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1084-1089

  Eckmann, David M ^a,b,d   Glassenberg, Raymond ^a   Gavriely, Noam ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0029858567     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199611000-00033     Document Type: Article

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