Tracheal intubation with parker flex-tip tubes assisted by tube-guiding devices

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-439

  Mizuno, Ju ^a   Morita, Shigeho ^a   Suzuki, Maya ^a   Arita, Hideko ^b   Hanaoka, Kazuo ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JR Tokyo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bougie; Fiberoptic scope; Light wand; Tube exchange catheter

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; PARKER FLEX TIP TUBE; RISK FACTOR; VOCAL CORD;

BRONCHOSCOPES; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LIGHTING;

EID: 77951542385     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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