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Utility of a Gum-Elastic Bougie for Difficult Airway Management in Infants: A Simulation-Based Crossover Analysis

Background. Direct laryngoscopy with the Miller laryngoscope (Mil) for infant tracheal intubation is often difficult to use even for skilled professionals. We performed a simulation trial evaluating the utility of a tracheal tube introducer (gum-elastic bougie (GEB)) in a simulated, difficult infant...

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Autores principales: Komasawa, Nobuyasu, Hyoda, Akira, Matsunami, Sayuri, Majima, Nozomi, Minami, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4606451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26495306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/617805