Airway sonography in live models and cadavers

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1049-1058

  Tsui, Ban ^a   Ip, Vivian ^a   Walji, Anil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway assessment; Airway examination; Airway regional blocks; Airway sonography; Training

Indexed keywords

NEEDLES; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

AIRWAY STRUCTURES; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SAFETY; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING TOOLS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY ASSESSMENT; AIRWAY EXAMINATION; AIRWAY REGIONAL BLOCKS; AIRWAY SONOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANADA; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING; PROCEDURES;

AIRWAY ASSESSMENT; AIRWAY EXAMINATION; AIRWAY REGIONAL BLOCKS; AIRWAY SONOGRAPHY; TRAINING;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ALBERTA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84878910907     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.6.1049     Document Type: Review

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