Wire reinforced endotracheal tube compared with Parker Flex-Tip tube for oral fiberoptic intubation: A randomized clinical trial

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 324-329

  Jafari, A ^a   Gharaei, B ^a   Reza Kamranmanesh, M ^a   Aghamohammadi, H ^a   Rezvan Nobahar, M ^b   Poorzamany, M ^a   Shahrabi, M ^a   Solhpour, A ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endoscopes; Intubation; Intubation, intratracheal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FIBEROSCOPE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL FIBEROPTIC INTUBATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901479458     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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