CobraPLUS and Cookgas air-Q versus Fastrach for blind endotracheal intubation: A randomised controlled trial

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Erlacher, Wolfgang ^a,b   Tiefenbrunner, Heide ^a   Kästenbauer, Thomas ^c   Schwarz, Sylvia ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Robert D ^a,b  

^a Hietzing Hospital   (Austria)

^b Karl Landsteiner Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care   (Austria)

^c Karl Landsteiner Institute for Endocrinology and Metabolism   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endotracheal; Intubation; Laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORMACK LEHANE SCORE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLAMPATI SCORE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 79953898732     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328340c352     Document Type: Article

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