Comparison of the single-use Ambu® aScope™ 2 vs the conventional fibrescope for tracheal intubation in patients with cervical spine immobilisation by a semirigid collar

Anaesthesia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-26

  Krugel, V ^a   Bathory, I ^a   Frascarolo, P ^a   Schoettker, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CERVICAL COLLAR; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; JAW THRUST MANEUVER; MALE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SECRETION (PROCESS); VIDEOSCOPE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; NECK; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870974695     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12044     Document Type: Article

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