Improved glottic exposure with the video MacIntosh laryngoscope in adult emergency department tracheal intubations

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Brown III, Calvin A ^a,b   Bair, Aaron E ^c   Pallin, Daniel J ^a,b,d   Laurin, Erik G ^c   Walls, Ron M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INJURY; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77955299730     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.01.033     Document Type: Article

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