Videolaryngoscopy in the management of the difficult airway: A comparison with the Macintosh blade

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-222

  Stroumpoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Pagoulatou, Alexandra ^a   Violari, Magda ^a   Ikonomou, Irini ^a   Kalantzi, Nausika ^a   Kastrinaki, Kalliopi ^a   Xanthos, Theodoros ^b   Michaloliakou, Christina ^a  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Intubation endotracheal; Laryngoscopy; Videolaryngoscope

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 65349173573     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32831c84d1     Document Type: Article

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