Airtraq laryngoscope versus conventional Macintosh laryngoscope: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1160-1167

  Lu, Y ^a   Jiang, H ^a   Zhu, Y S ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMBASE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION TIME; LARYNGOSCOPE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME;

HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80955146123     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06871.x     Document Type: Review

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