Airtraq optical laryngoscope: Clinical assessment of its performance in 100 children

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-172

  Shimada, Nobuhiro ^a   Hirabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Taga, Naoyuki ^b   Takeuchi, Mamoru ^b   Seo, Norimasa ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airtraq optical laryngoscope; Endotracheal intubation; Pediatric patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE;

EID: 79952309334     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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