The McCoy straight blade does not improve laryngoscope and intubation in normal infants

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-159

  Iohom, Gabriella ^a,b   Franklin, Robert ^a   Casey, William ^a   Lyons, Barry ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1842840122     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018775     Document Type: Article

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