Objective evaluation of the difficulty of endotracheal intubation. A comparative study of two different laryngoscope blades

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 655-658

  Papageorgiou, E ^a   Kokkinis, K ^a   Goumas, P ^a   Mochloulis, G ^a,b   Alexopoulos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques: laryngoscopy, intubation; Equipment: laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0031451467     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9702500611     Document Type: Article

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