The influence of endotracheal tube tip design on nasal trauma during nasotracheal intubation: Magill-tip versus Murphy-tip

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1226-1229

  Lee, Jong Hwan ^a   Kim, Chang Hee ^a   Bahk, Jae Hyon ^a   Park, Kum Suk ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NOSE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 25644437763     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000169293.59514.28     Document Type: Article

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