Glidescope video laryngoscope for difficult intubation in emergency patients: A quasi-randomized controlled trial

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 738-742

  Ahmadi, Koorosh ^a   Ebrahimi, Mohsen ^b   Hashemian, Amir Masoud ^b   Sarshar, Saeed ^c   Rahimi Movaghar, Vafa ^d  

^a ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Direct laryngoscope; Tracheal intubation; Video laryngoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIRST ATTEMPT INTUBATION TIME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERALL INTUBATION TIME; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; AGED; DEVICES; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84951286500     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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