Comparison of the Cobalt Glidescope® video laryngoscope with conventional laryngoscopy in simulated normal and difficult infant airways

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1108-1112

  White, Michelle ^a   Weale, Nicola ^a   Nolan, Judith ^a   Sale, Steven ^a   Bayley, Guy ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Children; Laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANIKINS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350547800     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03123.x     Document Type: Article

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