Use of the Airtraq as the primary technique to manage anticipated difficult airway: a report of three cases

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 474-477

  Savoldelli, Georges L ^a,b   Ventura, François ^a   Waeber, Jean Luc ^a   Schiffer, Eduardo ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airtraq; Airway management; Difficult airway; Optical laryngoscopy; Videolaryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53049108500     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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