Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 147-150 , June 2009

Comparisons of the GlideScope and Macintosh Laryngoscope in Tracheal Intubation by Medical Students on Fresh Human Cadavers

  • Pei-Chin Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jimmy Ong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ling Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsung-Ying Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsien-Yong Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Physiological and Anatomical Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 30 September 2008 ,Revised 19 November 2008 ,Accepted 30 December 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60027-6

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60027-6

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 147-150 , June 2009

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