New options for airway management: Intubating fibreoptic stylets

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 408-418

  Liem, E B ^a   Bjoraker, D G ^a   Gravenstein, Didi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway, difficult; Equipment, fibreoptic style; Intubation, tracheal

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HOARSENESS; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0042830398     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg011     Document Type: Review

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