Teaching tracheal intubation: Airtraq is superior to Macintosh laryngoscope
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Teaching tracheal intubation: Airtraq is superior to Macintosh laryngoscope
BACKGROUND Tracheal intubation with Macintosh laryngoscope is taught to medical students as it is a lifesaving procedure. However, it is a difficult technique to learn and the consequences of intubation failure are potentially serious. The Airtraq optical laryngoscope is a relatively novel intubation device, which allows visualization of the glottic plane without alignment of the oral, pharynge...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-144