The development and preliminary evaluation of a proposed new scoring system for videolaryngoscopy

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 697-701

  Swann, A D ^a,b   English, J D ^a   O'Loughlin, E J ^a,b  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Intubation; Scoring; Videolaryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTUBATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; SCORING SYSTEM; THE FREMANTLE SCORE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY;

EID: 84865084275     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1204000417     Document Type: Article

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