The learning curve for laryngoscopy: Airtraq versus Macintosh laryngoscopes

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-524

  Baciarello, Marco ^a   Zasa, Michele ^a   Manferdini, Maria Elena ^b   Tosi, Michela ^b   Berti, Marco ^b   Fanelli, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; General; Laryngoscopes; Laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUCOSAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA; TOOTH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867999578     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-012-1351-4     Document Type: Article

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