Endotracheal intubation using the C-MAC ® video laryngoscope or the Macintosh laryngoscope: A prospective, comparative study in the ICU

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Noppens, Ruediger R ^a   Geimer, Stephanie ^a   Eisel, Nicole ^a   David, Matthias ^a   Piepho, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGOSCOPE; MACINTOSH LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TISSUE INJURY; TRACHEAL HEMORRHAGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE; AGED; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862220887     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11384     Document Type: Article

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