A new strategy for difficult airway management with visual needle cricothyroidotomy: a manikin study☆☆☆
Yanmei Feng
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, Ph.D., M.D.Yanmei Feng
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China
Huisheng Deng
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, Ph.D., M.D.Huisheng Deng
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China
Xun Liu
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, M.M.Xun Liu
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China
Gang Xu
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China
Ziyang Huang
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, M.M.Ziyang Huang
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China
Bingbing Yan
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, M.M.Bingbing Yan
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China
Yijun Liu
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, M.M.Yijun Liu
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Jingjing Lv
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, M.M.Jingjing Lv
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Yong Zhang
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China
Rui Guo

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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China
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- Corresponding author. Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China. Tel.: +86 139 83207360; fax: +86 023 68811487.

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Rui Guo
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Published Online: August 15, 2014Accepted: August 9, 2014; Received in revised form: August 8, 2014; Received: May 28, 2014;
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☆This study was performed at Chongqing Medical University.
☆☆Funding support: The present study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81201173), the Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (CSTC, 2009ab5218) and Chongqing Municipal Health Bureau project (2009–2317).
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