Comparison of airway management during anaesthesia using the laryngeal mask airway CTrach™ and Glidescope™

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 736-742

  Ng, S Y ^a   Ithnin, F ^a   Lim, Y ^a  

^a Department of Women's Anaesthesia   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Direct laryngoscopy; Fibreoscopy; Glidescope ; LMA CTrach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION;

EID: 35348826845     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500513     Document Type: Article

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