A prospective randomised controlled trial comparing tracheal intubation plus manual in-line stabilisation of the cervical spine using the Macintosh laryngoscope vs the McGrath® Series 5 videolaryngoscope

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1345-1350

  Ilyas, S ^a   Symons, J ^b   Bradley, W P L ^b   Segal, R ^a   Taylor, H ^a   Lee, K ^a   Balkin, M ^b   Bain, C ^b   Ng, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGID LARYNGOSCOPE; SORE THROAT; SPINE STABILIZATION; TOOTH INJURY; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LARYNGOSCOPE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84922067982     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12804     Document Type: Article

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