Fiberoptic-guided tracheal tube placement through the air-Q® Intubating Laryngeal Airway: A performance study in a manikin

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 721-726

  Galgon, Richard E ^a   Schroeder, Kristopher M ^a   Schmidt, Christopher S ^a   Matioc, Adrian A ^a   Han, Seungbong ^a   Andrei, Adin Cristian ^a   Joffe, Aaron M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

air Q; Manikin study; Supraglottic airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHEA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNX; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 84859893937     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-011-1205-5     Document Type: Article

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