Comparison of the laryngoscopy views with the size 1 Miller and Macintosh laryngoscope blades lifting the epiglottis or the base of the tongue in infants and children <2 yr of age

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 869-874

  Passi, Y ^a   Sathyamoorthy, M ^a   Lerman, J ^a,c   Heard, C ^a,b   Marino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

age groups; child infant; equipment laryngoscopes; larynx laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGID LARYNGOSCOPE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; INFANT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; TONGUE;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE;

EID: 84910022892     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu228     Document Type: Article

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