Indirect videolaryngoscopy using Macintosh blades in patients with non-anticipated difficult airways results in significantly lower forces exerted on teeth relative to classic direct laryngoscopy: A randomized crossover trial

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 846-854

  Pieters, B ^a,b   Maassen, R ^c   Van, Eig ^d   Maathuis, B ^d   Van Den Dobbelsteen, J ^d   Van Zundert, A ^b,e,f  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dentition; Laryngoscopes; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INDIRECT VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; VIDEORECORDING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LARYNGOSCOPE; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TOOTH INJURIES;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 84939515338     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: 18271596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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