A comparison of a new indicator-guided with a conventional wire-guided percutaneous cricothyroidotomy device in mannequins

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 148-154

  Assmann, Nicole M ^a   Wong, David T ^a,b   Morales, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; DEVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADULT; CRICOID CARTILAGE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID CARTILAGE;

EID: 34250858247     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000266439.43797.9e     Document Type: Article

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