Comparison of the Pentax-AWS Airway Scope with the Macintosh laryngoscope for nasotracheal intubation: A randomized, prospective study

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 561-565

  Suzuki, Akihiro ^a   Onodera, Yoshiko ^a   Mitamura, Sayuri M ^a   Mamiya, Keiko ^a   Kunisawa, Takayuki ^a   Takahata, Osamu ^a   Henderson, John J ^b   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Difficult airway management; Nasotracheal intubation; Pentax AWS Airway Scope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWS AIRWAY SCOPE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHODONTICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SORE THROAT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHODONTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867796363     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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