Craniocervical motion during direct laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation with the Macintosh and Miller blades: An in vivo cinefluoroscopic study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 884-891

  LeGrand, Scott A ^a   Hindman, Bradley J ^b,d   Dexter, Franklin ^c   Weeks, Julie B ^c   Todd, Michael M ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Faculty Development   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36448941273     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000291461.62404.46     Document Type: Article

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