Airway Scope and gum elastic bougie with Macintosh laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in patients with simulated restricted neck mobility

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 863-869

  Komatsu, R ^a   Kamata, K ^a   Hoshi, I ^b   Sessler, D I ^c   Ozaki, M ^b  

^a Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Anaesthetic techniques, laryngoscopy; Equipment, laryngoscopes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BOUGIE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 56449095205     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen288     Document Type: Article

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