A randomized controlled comparison of the Bonfils fiberscope and the GlideScope Cobalt AVL video laryngoscope for visualization of the larynx and intubation of the trachea in infants and small children with normal airways

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 913-919

  Kaufmann, Jost ^a,b   Laschat, Michael ^a   Hellmich, Martin ^c   Wappler, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Children; Equipment; Infants; Intubation; Laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

COBALT; EMLA; MIDAZOLAM; MIVACURIUM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMEDICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE;

AIRWAY; CHILDREN; EQUIPMENT; INFANTS; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84883553750     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12137     Document Type: Article

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