Preliminary case series report: Use of the laryngeal mask airway fastrach oral endotracheal tube with the bullard laryngoscope

AANA Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-267

  Spain, Ken ^a  

^a Summit Surgical   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullard laryngoscope; Fastrach; Flexible tip endotracheal tube; Oral endotracheal tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49749136641     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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