Randomized controlled trial comparing the McGrath videolaryngoscope with the C-MAC videolaryngoscope in intubating adult patients with potential difficult airways

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-443

  Ng, I ^a   Hill, A L ^a,b   Williams, D L ^a,b   Lee, K ^a   Segal, R ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

airways; anaesthetic techniques; equipment; laryngoscopes; tracheal intubation; videolaryngoscopes

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OROPHARYNX INJURY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84865260204     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes145     Document Type: Article

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