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- Title
Mechanical failure of the McCoy laryngoscope during difficult intubation.
- Authors
Sheeran, P.; Maguire, T.; Browne, G.
- Abstract
Reports the case of mechanical failure of the McCoy laryngoscope blade during difficult intubation. Disappearance of the visualization of the airway; Detachment of the hinged tip of McCoy from the blade; Importance of sanitation for the blade; Application of resistance to the tip of laryngoscope blade before using.
- Subjects
LARYNGOSCOPES; INTUBATION; SANITATION equipment
- Publication
Anaesthesia, 2000, Vol 55, Issue 2, p184
- ISSN
0003-2409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.e1287.x