Use of intubation introducers through a supraglottic airway to facilitate tracheal intubation: A brief review

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 704-715

  Wong, David T ^a   Yang, Jaisy J ^b   Mak, Hannah Y ^a   Jagannathan, Narasimhan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; BOUGIE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTUBATION INTRODUCER; LARYNGEAL MASK; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS;

EID: 84864444241     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9714-8     Document Type: Review

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