Tracheal Intubation: Tricks of the Trade

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1001-1014

  Murphy, Michael F ^a   Hung, Orlando R ^a,b   Law, J Adam ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intubation; Larynscopy; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 57049150803     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.07.009     Document Type: Review

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