Comparison of three cuffed emergency percutaneous cricothyroidotomy devices to conventional surgical cricothyroidotomy in a porcine model

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Murphy, C ^a   Rooney, S J ^a   Maharaj, C H ^a,b   Laffey, J G ^a,b   Harte, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

complications, intubation tracheal; equipment, airway; surgery, tracheostomy; tubes, tracheostomy; ventilation, transtracheal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICOID; EMERGENCY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNX CARTILAGE; METHODOLOGY; SWINE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ANIMALS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, ANIMAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUS SCROFA; THYROID CARTILAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952115334     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq294     Document Type: Article

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