Accuracy of identifying the cricothyroid membrane by anesthesia trainees and staff in a Canadian institution;Exactitude du repérage de la membrane cricothyroïdienne par des stagiaires et des patrons en anesthésie dans un établissement canadien

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 495-503

  Lamb, Austin ^a   Zhang, Jinbin ^a   Hung, Orlando ^a   Flemming, Bruce ^a   Mullen, Tim ^a   Bissell, Mary Beth ^a   Arseneau, Iain ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRICOID; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID CARTILAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939956614     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-015-0326-y     Document Type: Article

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