A comparison of blind and lightwand-guided tracheal intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 427-431

  Kihara, S ^a   Watanabe, S ^a   Taguchi, N ^a   Suga, A ^a   Brimacombe, J R ^b  

^a MITO SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway; Equipment; Intubating laryngeal mask; Lightwand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0034107246     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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