Effects of lightwand (Trachlight) compared with direct laryngoscopy on circulatory responses to tracheal intubation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-255

  Hirabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Hiruta, Masahiro ^a   Kawakami, Takayuki ^a   Inoue, Soichiro ^a   Fukuda, Hirokazu ^a   Sattoh, Kazuhiko ^a   Shimizu, Reik ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, laryngoscopy; Anaesthetic techniques, lightwand; Intubation, tracheal

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIGHT; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031825611     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.2.253     Document Type: Article

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