Simulating face-to-face tracheal intubation of a trapped patient: A randomized comparison of the LMA Fastrach™, the GlideScope™, and the Airtraq™ laryngoscope

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-145

  Amathieu, R ^a,b   Sudrial, J ^a,b   Abdi, W ^a,b   Luis, D ^a,b   Hahouache, H ^a,b   Combes, X ^c,d   Dhonneur, G ^a,b  

^a Jean Verdier University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

airway; equipment; laryngoscope; tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SUPINE POSITION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84055197920     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer327     Document Type: Article

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