The effects of tracheal tube tip design and tube thickness on laryngeal pass ability during oral tube exchange with an introducer

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 285-288

  Makino, Hiroshi ^a   Katoh, Takasumi ^a   Kobayashi, Syunji ^a   Bito, Hiromichi ^a   Sato, Shigehito ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 0038311720     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000068820.86573.A2     Document Type: Article

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