Comparison of the use of McCoy and TruView EVO2 laryngoscopes in patients with cervical spine immobilization

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-253

  Joseph, Jiju ^a   Sequeira, Trevor ^a   Upadya, Madhusudan ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; manual in line axial stabilization; McCoy laryngoscopes; tracheal intubation; TruView EVO2

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LORAZEPAM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY;

EID: 84867285954     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.101216     Document Type: Article

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