The gum elastic bougie eases tracheal intubation while applying cricoid pressure compared to a stylet

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 712-717

  Noguchi, Takashi ^a   Koga, Kazunori ^b   Shiga, Yousuke ^a   Shigematsu, Akio ^b  

^a Chikuho Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIME;

EID: 0142180200     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018715     Document Type: Article

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