A comparison of simulated difficult intubation with multiple-use and single-use bougies in a manikin

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-49

  Annamaneni, R ^a   Hodzovic, I ^a   Wilkes, A R ^a   Latto, I P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; gum elastic bougie; Intubation, tracheal

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOUGIE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LARYNGOSCOPY; PRION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SIMULATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRACHEA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANIKINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037240643     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.02871.x     Document Type: Article

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