Optimal length and angle of a new lightwand device (Trachlight(TM))

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 332-335

  Nishiyama, Tomoki ^a   Matsukawa, Takashi ^a   Hanaoka, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intubation; Lightwand; Obesity; Tracheal; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBESITY; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0032854849     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(99)00056-2     Document Type: Article

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