Comparison of the Airtraq and McCoy laryngoscopes using a rigid neck collar in patients with simulated difficult laryngoscopy

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-203

  Ali, Qazi Ehsan ^a   Das, Bikramjit ^a   Amir, Syed Hussain ^a   Siddiqui, Obaid Ahmed ^a   Jamil, Shaista ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Airtraq laryngoscope; Difficult airway intubation; Hemodynamic response; Intubation intratracheal: rigid neck stabilization; McCoy laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL COLLAR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORMACK LEHANE SCORE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIP DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCCOY LARYNGOSCOPE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCENTAGE OF GLOTTIC OPENING SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RIGID LARYNGOSCOPE; SCORING SYSTEM; TOOTH INJURY; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOTTIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901659743     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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