Predictors of difficult videolaryngoscopy with GlideScope® or C-MAC® with D-blade: Secondary analysis from a large comparative videolaryngoscopy trial

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 118-123

  Aziz, M F ^a   Bayman, E O ^b   Van Tienderen, M M ^a   Todd, M M ^b   Brambrink, A M ^a   Asai, T ^c   Abrons, Ron O ^c   Cattano, Davide ^c   Swanson, David E ^c   Hagberg, Carin A ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Airway management; Intratracheal; Intubation; Laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFICULT VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE STYLET; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LARYNGOSCOPE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; VIDEORECORDING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84977118930     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew128     Document Type: Article

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