Lower flange modification improves performance of the Macintosh, but not the Miller laryngoscope blade

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 595-601

  Kimberger, Oliver ^a   Fischer, Lukas ^a   Plank, Christina ^a   Mayer, Nikolaus ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCISOR; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH; VISIBILITY;

EID: 33746598993     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021851     Document Type: Article

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