The best view at laryngoscopy using the McCoy laryngoscope with and without cricoid pressure

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 536-539

  Randeil, T ^a   Maattanen M ^a   Kytta J ^a  

^a Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Equipment; mccoy laryngoscope; Intubation, tracheal; technique; Larynx; cricoid pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRICOID; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2642644606     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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