Evaluation of the novel, single-use, flexible aScope® for tracheal intubation in the simulated difficult airway and first clinical experiences

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 820-825

  Piepho, T ^a   Werner, C ^a   Noppens, Ruediger R ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIDEOENDOSCOPY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AGED; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77954491140     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06406.x     Document Type: Article

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