Comparison of the Bonfils and Levitan optical stylets for tracheal intubation: A clinical study

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1093-1097

  Webb, A ^a   Kolawole, H ^a   Leong, S ^a   Loughnan, T E ^a   Crofts, T ^a   Bowden, C ^a  

^a FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bonfils; Levitan; Optical stylets; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHONIA; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LIP; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 84855378108     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900618     Document Type: Article

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