Initial evaluation of a new optic laryngoscope blade

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 604-607

  Markowitz, Scott D ^a,b,c   White, Paul F ^a,b,c   Issioui, Tijani ^a,b,c   Jones, Stephanie B ^a,b,c   Klein, Kevin W ^a,b,c   Thomason, John W ^a,b,c   Rajchert, Donna M ^a,b,c   Pittoni, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Savarese, Fabio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway equipment; Laryngoscope blade; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCAL CORD;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0036967606     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(02)00430-0     Document Type: Article

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