Efficacy of the Airway Scope on tracheal intubation in the lateral position: Comparison with the Macintosh laryngoscope

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-168

  Takenaka, Ichiro ^a   Aoyama, Kazuyoshi ^a   Iwagaki, Tamao ^a   Kadoya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a STEEL MEMORIAL YAWATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORMACK AND LEHANE SCORE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING;

EID: 79953882984     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328340c368     Document Type: Article

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