Learning curves of the Glidescope, the McGrath and the Airtraq laryngoscopes: A manikin study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 554-558

  Savoldelli, Georges L ^a,b   Schiffer, Eduardo ^a   Abegg, Christoph ^a   Baeriswyl, Vincent ^a   Clergue, François ^a   Jean Luc, Waeber ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airtraq laryngoscope; Anaesthetic equipement; Education; Glidescope videolaryngoscope; Intratracheal; Intubation; Laryngoscopes; McGrath videolaryngoscope

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; LARYNGOSCOPE; TOOTH INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ANESTHETIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANIKINS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68849129139     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283269ff4     Document Type: Article

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