Evaluation of air-Q™ intubating laryngeal airway as a conduit for tracheal intubation in infants - A pilot study

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-160

  Sinha, Renu ^a   Chandralekha, ^a   Ray, Bikash Ranjan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

endotracheal intubation; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; infants; intubating laryngeal airway

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATING LARYNGEAL AIRWAY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIRWAY EXTUBATION; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; ISOFLURANE; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NITROUS OXIDE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 84855376257     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03710.x     Document Type: Article

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