Head and neck position for direct laryngoscopy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-109

  El Orbany, Mohammad ^a   Woehlck, Harvey ^a   Salem, M Ramez ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CANAL; CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK POSITION; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; OBESITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SNIFFING POSITION; STERNUM; THEORY; THORAX;

EID: 79960274471     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31821c7e9c     Document Type: Review

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