Videolaryngoscopy - Is there a role in paediatric airway management?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1326-1328

  Mathew, P J ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MALE; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE;

EID: 84894249774     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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