If it hasn't failed, does it work? on 'the worst we can expect' from observational trial results, with reference to airway management devices

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 578-583

  Pandit, J J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DEATH; FIBEROSCOPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LARYNX; MEDICAL DEVICE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84860826369     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07155.x     Document Type: Review

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