Comparison of different video laryngoscopes for emergency intubation in a standardized airway manikin with immobilized cervical spine by experienced anaesthetists. A randomized, controlled crossover trial

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 740-745

  Wetsch, Wolfgang A ^a   Spelten, Oliver ^a   Hellmich, Martin ^a   Carlitscheck, Martin ^a   Padosch, Stephan A ^a   Lier, Heiko ^a   Böttiger, Bernd W ^a   Hinkelbein, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Difficult airway management; Intubation; Laryngoscopes; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRETCHER; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MANIKINS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84860492246     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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