Pentax-AWS® improves laryngeal view compared with Macintosh blade during laryngoscopy and facilitates easier intubation

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 464-468

  Suzuki, Akihiro ^a   Toyama, Yuki ^a   Katsumi, Norifumi ^a   Sasaki, Rika ^b   Hirota, Koki ^b   Matsumoto, Hideki ^c   Takahata, Osamu ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c Engaru Kousei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Intubation; Pentax AWS (Airway Scope )

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VOCAL CORD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34247198512     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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