Efficacy of bougie in difficult intubation with the Airway Scope® caused by inability to lift the epiglottis directly

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-530

  Seto, Ayako ^a   Takenaka, Ichiro ^a   Aoyama, Kazuyoshi ^a   Iwagaki, Tamao ^a   Ishimura, Hiroshi ^a   Takenaka, Yukari ^b   Kadoya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a STEEL MEMORIAL YAWATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Emergency Life Saving Technique Academy   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway Scope ; Bougie; Difficult intubation with the Airway Scope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77951568867     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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