A comparison of McCoy, TruView, and Macintosh laryngoscopes for tracheal intubation in patients with immobilized cervical spine

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-192

  Bharti, Neerja ^a   Arora, Suman ^a   Panda, Nidhi B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anesthesia: general; cervical immobilization; equipments: Macintosh laryngoscope; McCoy laryngoscope; technique: tracheal intubation; TruView laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 84899740892     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.130705     Document Type: Article

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