Tracheal intubation with a flexible fibreoptic scope or the McGrath videolaryngoscope in simulated difficult airway scenarios: A randomised controlled manikin study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 131-136

  Jepsen, Cecilie H ^a   Gatke, Mona R ^a   Thogersen, Bente ^a   Mollerup, Lene T ^a   Ruhnau, Birgitte ^b   Rewers, Mikael ^a   Rosenstock, Charlotte V ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; PHARYNX DISEASE; RESIDENT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; TONGUE EDEMA; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENMARK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MANIKINS; PHARYNX; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84893642221     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32836590a7     Document Type: Article

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