Digital intubation training in residency program as an alternative method in airway management

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-404

  Soleimanpour, Hassan ^a   Panahi, Jafar Rahimi ^a   Mahmoodpoor, Ata ^a   Ghafouri, Rozbeh Rajaei ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Airway management; Digital intubation; Residency program

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; ORAL BLEEDING; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CODING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

EID: 79956083923     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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