Efficacy of the Airtraq® laryngoscope with a fiberoptic bronchoscope compared with that of Airtraq® alone for tracheal intubation: A manikin study

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-97

  Nishikawa, Kohki ^a   Hukuoka, Eiko ^a   Kawagishi, Toshiya ^a   Shimodate, Yuki ^a   Yamakage, Michiaki ^b  

^a Muroran City General Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airtraq ; Combined use; Duration of intubation attempts; Fiberoptic bronchoscope; Residents

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TIME; TONGUE EDEMA;

BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDEMA; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANIKINS; TONGUE;

EID: 79952251272     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-010-1038-7     Document Type: Article

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