View of the larynx obtained using the Miller blade and paraglossal approach, compared to that with the Macintosh blade

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 717-721

  Achen, B ^a,b   Terblanche, O C ^a   Finucane, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blades; Laryngoscopy; Larynx; Paraglossal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 51849100362     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0803600515     Document Type: Article

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