Is the Airtraq optical laryngoscope effective in tracheal intubation by novice personnel?

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-21

  Park, Sang Jin ^a   Lee, Won Ki ^a   Lee, Deok Hee ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airtraq optical laryngoscope; Intubation; Macintosh laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOUTH INJURY; OPTICAL LARYNGOSCOPE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; TOOTH INJURY;

EID: 77955590796     PISSN: 20056419     EISSN: 20057563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2010.59.1.17     Document Type: Article

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