The mystique of direct laryngoscopy

Respiratory Care

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-23

  Levitan, Richard M ^a,b  

^a Airway Cam Technologies   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPERATING ROOM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39049182855     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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