Tracheal intubation in daylight and in the dark: A randomised comparison of the Airway Scope®, Airtraq®, and Macintosh laryngoscope in a manikin

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 684-687

  Ueshima, H ^a   Asai, T ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LUNG MODEL; LUNG VENTILATION; SUNLIGHT; TIME;

DARKNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LIGHTING; MANIKINS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953591166     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06366.x     Document Type: Article

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