The rigid nasendoscope as a tool for difficult tracheal intubation: A manikin study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 675-679

  Goodwin, N ^a   Latto, I P ^b   Hodzovic, I ^a   Williams, G ^b   Hall, J E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment: gum elastic bougie, nasendoscope; Intubation, tracheal

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOUGIE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIGLOTTIS; GLOTTIS; LARYNGOSCOPE; MODEL; NASENDOSCOPE; VOCAL CORD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MANIKINS; NASAL CAVITY;

EID: 0037867871     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03203.x     Document Type: Article

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