Minimum and optimum light requirements for laryngoscopy in paediatric anaesthesia: A manikin study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Malan, C A ^a   Scholz, A ^b   Wilkes, A R ^a   Hampson, M A ^a   Hall, J E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; XENON;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HALOGENS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIGHTING; MALE; MANIKINS; XENON;

EID: 36849093410     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05259.x     Document Type: Article

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