Parker Flex-Tip™ are not superior to polyvinylchloride tracheal tubes for awake fibreoptic intubations

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-301

  Joo, Hwan S ^a   Naik, Viren N ^a   Savoldelli, Georges L ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROTATION; SPINE DISEASE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 18644370958     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016067     Document Type: Article

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