Use of the Airtraq1 by inexperienced physicians supervised during a series of tracheal intubation in adult patient with anticipated difficult airway;Utilisation de l'Airtraq® par des praticiens inexpérimentés supervisés pour une série de patients adultes prévus difficiles à intuber

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 804-808

  Giquello, J A ^a   Humbert, S ^a   Duc, F ^a   Monrigal, J P ^a   Granry, J C ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adult; Airtraq ; Difficult intubation; Inexperienced physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HISTOLOGY; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNX; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

GLASS FIBER; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL FIBERS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 80655144413     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: 17696623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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