Effectiveness and safety of the Levitan FPS Scope™ for tracheal intubation under general anesthesia with a simulated difficult airway

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 743-750

  Kok, Tracy ^a   George, Ronald B ^a   McKeen, Dolores ^a   Vakharia, Narendra ^a   Pink, Aaron ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL IN LINE STABILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; SIMULATION; SORE THROAT; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864425095     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9726-4     Document Type: Article

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