The Airway Scope, a new video laryngoscope: Its use in three patients with cervical spine problems

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-143

  Liu, E H C ^a   Poon, K H ^a   Ng, B S W ^a   Goh, E Y Y ^a   Goy, R W L ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 38449095332     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem360     Document Type: Letter

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