Airtraq laryngoscope has an advantage over Macintosh laryngoscope for nasotracheal intubation by novice laryngoscopists

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 172-173

  Hirabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Seo, Norimasa ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIRTRAQ LARYNGOSCOPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MACINTOSH LARYNGOSCOPE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OXYGENATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY;

EID: 61349142483     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-008-0709-0     Document Type: Letter

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