A randomised, crossover study of the Dorges, McCoy and Macintosh laryngoscope blades in a simulated difficult intubation scenario

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-487

  Sethuraman, D ^a   Darshane, S ^a   Guha, A ^a,b   Charters, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b Merseyside and Cheshire Clinical Genetics Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MANIKINS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645779052     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04613.x     Document Type: Article

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