How did the Macintosh laryngoscope become so popular?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 24-29

  Scott, Jeanette ^a   Baker, Paul A ^b,c  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Equipment; History of anaesthesia; Macintosh laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; INSTRUMENT; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHILD; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY;

EID: 67651249876     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03026.x     Document Type: Review

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