The Airtraq® as a rescue airway device following failed direct laryngoscopy: A case series

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 598-601

  Maharaj, C H ^a   Costello, J F ^a   McDonnell, J G ^a   Harte, B H ^a   Laffey, John G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34249052791     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05036.x     Document Type: Article

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