Comparison of fibreoptic-guided orotracheal intubation through classic and single-use laryngeal mask airways

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-188

  Danha, R F ^a   Thompson, J L ^a   Popat, M T ^a   Pandit, Jaideep J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL SURGERY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13544254550     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.04045.x     Document Type: Article

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