Comparison of wire reinforced tubes with warmed standard tubes to facilitate fiberoptic intubation

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-5

  Connelly, Neil Roy ^a,b   Kyle, Robert ^a   Gotta, Jan ^a   Calimaran, Arthur ^a   Robbins, Larry D ^a,b   Kanter, Gary ^a,b   Dunn, Steven M ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, intubation; Equipment and supplies: tracheal tube; Intubation, fiberoptic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRONCHOSCOPES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035099072     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(00)00224-5     Document Type: Article

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