Airtraq™ versus Macintoch laryngoscope in intubation performance in the pediatric population

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-335

  Riad, Waleed ^a   Moussa, Ashraf ^b   Wong, David ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Airtraq; airway; pediatric; videolaryngoscope

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM BESILATE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREMEDICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84873668408     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.105853     Document Type: Article

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