Accuracy of a smartphone to test laryngoscope's light and an audit to our laryngoscopes using an ISO standard

Background and objectives: Laryngoscope is a key tool in anesthetic practice. Direct laryngoscopy is a crucial moment and inadequate laryngoscope's light can lead to catastrophic consequences. From our experience laryngoscope's light is assessed in a subjective manner and we believe a more...

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Main Authors: Diogo Alcino de Abreu Ribeiro Carvalho Machado, Dina da Assunção Azevedo Esteves, Pedro Manuel Araújo de Sousa Branca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001416301233