Randomized study comparing the "sniffing position" with simple head extension for laryngoscopic view in elective surgery patients

Anesthesiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 836-841

  Adnet, Frédéric ^a,d   Baillard, Christophe ^a   Borron, Stephen W ^b   Denantes, Christophe ^a   Lefebvre, Laurent ^a   Galinski, Michel ^c   Martinez, Carmen ^a   Cupa, Michel ^a   Lapostolle, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^d AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034785574     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200110000-00009     Document Type: Article

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