Are new supraglottic airway devices, tracheal tubes and airway viewing devices cost-effective?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-26

  Slinn, Simon J ^a   Froom, Stephen R ^a   Stacey, Mark R W ^a   Gildersleve, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway device; child; devices; laryngoscopes

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY VIEWING DEVICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CUFFED TRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FACE MASK; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; REVIEW; RIGID LARYNGOSCOPE; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY;

EID: 84915758184     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12564     Document Type: Review

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