Light Intensity of Curved Laryngoscope Blades in Philadelphia Emergency Departments

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-257

  Levitan, Richard M ^a   Kelly, John J ^a   Kinkle, William C ^b   Fasano, Charles ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ILLUMINATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LIGHT; PHILADELPHIA;

EID: 34547915261     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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