A Comparison of Plastic Single-Use With Metallic Reusable Laryngoscope Blades for Out-of-Hospital Tracheal Intubation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-263

  Jabre, Patricia ^a,b   Leroux, Bertrand ^a   Brohon, Stéphanie ^a   Penet, Candice ^a   Lockey, David ^c   Adnet, Frederic ^a,b   Margenet, Alain ^a   Marty, Jean ^a   Combes, Xavier ^a  

^a Service d'Urgence et de Réanimation 94   (France)

^b Service d'Urgence et de Réanimation 93 and EA3409   (France)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; PLASTIC; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; PLASTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34547901069     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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