Determination of the distance between the upper incisors and the laryngoscope blade during laryngoscopy: Comparisons of the McCoy, the Macintosh, the Miller, and the Belscope blades

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1257-1261

  Bito, Hiromichi ^a   Nishiyama, Tomoki ^b   Higarhizawa, Tomoaki ^c   Sakai, Tetsuhiro ^d   Konishi, Akio ^e  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NEW TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; FORCE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCISOR; LARYNGOSCOPY; TOOTH INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0031739772     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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