A comparison of the Trachway intubating stylet and the Macintosh laryngoscope in tracheal intubation: A manikin study

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-210

  Hung, Kuo Chuan ^a   Tan, Ping Heng ^a   Lin, Victor Chia Hsiang ^a   Wang, Hao Kuang ^a   Chen, Hung Shu ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Manikin; Tracheal intubation; Trachway intubating stylet

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TOOTH INJURY; TRACHWAY INTUBATING STYLET;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANIKINS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS;

EID: 84885027420     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-012-1491-6     Document Type: Article

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