Tracheal intubation of a difficult airway using airway scope, airtraq, and macintosh laryngoscope: A comparative manikin study of inexperienced personnel

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1049-1055

  Liu, Liangji ^a   Tanigawa, Koichi ^a   Kusunoki, Shinji ^a   Tamura, Tomoko ^a   Ota, Kohei ^a   Yamaga, Satoshi ^a   Kida, Yoshiko ^a   Otani, Tadatsugu ^a   Sadamori, Takuma ^a   Takeda, Taku ^a   Iwasaki, Yasumasa ^a   Hirohashi, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GLOTTIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LARYNGOSCOPE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77951001534     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181d2aad7     Document Type: Article

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