Laryngoscopy force in the sniffing position compared to the extension-extension position

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-378

  Lee, L ^a   Weightman, W M ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; SNIFFING;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 40549102503     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05492.x     Document Type: Article

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