Head elevation improves laryngeal exposure with direct laryngoscopy

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-158

  El Orbany, Mohammad I ^a   Getachew, Yohannes B ^b,c   Joseph, Ninos J ^d   Salem, M Ramez ^e,f   Friedman, Michael ^e,g  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Chicago IVF   (United States)

^e ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct laryngoscopy; Sniffing position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SNIFFING; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY POSTURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; LARYNX; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924063307     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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