A randomised comparison of three laryngoscopes with the Macintosh

Resuscitation

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-245

  Maleck, Wolfgang H ^a   Koetter, Katharina P ^b   Lenz, Martina ^c   Piper, Swen N ^a   Triem, Johannes ^a   Boldt, Joachim ^a  

^a Anaesthesiology Klinikum   (Germany)

^b Leopoldina Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway management; Laryngoscopy; Manikin; Orotracheal intubation; Tracheal intubation; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH INJURY; TRAINING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MANIKINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032758037     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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