Reshaping the Macintosh blade using biomechanical modelling. A prospective comparative study in patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 662-667

  Bucx, M J L ^a   Snijders, C J ^b   Van Der Vegt, M H ^b   Holstein, J D ^a   Stijnen, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; laryngoscopy; Equipment; laryngoscopes; Intubation, tracheal; technique; Larynx; laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; INCISOR; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MAXILLA;

EID: 0030879481     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.134-az0133.x     Document Type: Article

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