Videolaryngoscopy and the search for the Holy Grail

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 471-472

  Sgalambro, F ^a   Sorbello, M ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRONCHOSCOPE; CERVICAL COLLAR; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGID LARYNGOSCOPE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING; LARYNGOSCOPE; BLEEDING; MAJOR SURGERY; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES;

EID: 85015979492     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex022     Document Type: Letter

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