Fibreoptic assessment of laryngeal aperture in patients with difficult laryngoscopy

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 226-231

  Takenaka, Ichiro ^a   Aoyama, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kadoya, Tatsuo ^a   Sata, Takeyoshi ^a   Shigematsu, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TELEVISION CAMERA;

EID: 0032895335     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012600     Document Type: Article

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