The Airtraq™ laryngoscope as a first choice for parturients with an expected difficult airway

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-95

  Ni, J ^a   Luo, L ^a   Wu, L ^a   Luo, D ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84895066466     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: 15323374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.08.014     Document Type: Letter

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