Comparison of plastic and metallic single-use and metallic reusable laryngoscope blades A randomised controlled trial

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 163-169

  Buléon, Clément ^a,b   Parienti, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Lesage, Anne ^a   Grandin, Wilfried ^a   Pouliquen, Emmanuel ^a   Flais, Frédéric ^a   Simonet, Thérèse ^a   Gérard, Jean Louis ^a,b   Hanouz, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876272968     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32835c1cdb     Document Type: Article

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