Force, torque, and stress relaxation with direct laryngoscopy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 456-461

  Hastings, Randolph H ^a,b,c   Hon, Edward D ^a   Nghiem, Craig ^a   Wahrenbrock, Eric A ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; VISCOSITY; WRIST;

EID: 0030030711     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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