Quest for an Ideal Intubating Device

 The first scientific report of tracheal intubation and artificial respiration is attributed to Vesalius, who in 1543 performed this in animals.1 The first perioperative use of tracheal intubation was described by Macewen in 1880 to prevent aspiration during the removal of a tumor from the base of t...

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Main Author: Goneppanavar Umesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oman Medical Specialty Board 2012-03-01
Series:Oman Medical Journal
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