A comparison between the Airtraq® and macintosh laryngoscopes for routine airway management by experienced anesthesiologists: A randomized clinical trial

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Chalkeidis, Omiros ^a   Kotsovolis, Georgios ^a   Kalakonas, Apostolos ^a   Filippidou, Maria ^a   Triantafyllou, Christos ^a   Vaikos, Dimitris ^a   Koutsioumpas, Epaminondas ^a  

^a 424 Military Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Laryngoscopes: Airtraq; Laryngoscopes: Maintosh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77951275888     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-4597(10)60004-5     Document Type: Article

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