Early clinical experience with a new videolaryngoscope (GlideScope®) in 728 patients

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Cooper, Richard M ^a,b   Pacey, John A ^b   Bishop, Michael J ^c   McCluskey, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 16344374081     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03027728     Document Type: Article

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