Parker Flex-It stylet is as effective as GlideRite Rigid stylet for orotracheal intubation by Glidescope

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1446-1452

  Sheta, Saad A ^a   Abdelhalim, Ashraf A ^a,b   Elzoughari, Ismail A ^c   AlZahrani, Tariq A ^a   Al Saeed, Abdulhamid H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE STYLET; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DEVICES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE;

EID: 84949191100     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.12.12432     Document Type: Article

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