Forum: Tracheal intubation through the laryngeal mask using a gum elastic bougie in the presence of cricoid pressure and manual in line stabilisation of the neck

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-390

  Gabbott, D A ^a,b   Sasada, M P ^a,b  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; laryngeal mask airways; Intubation; trachea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRICOID; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; NECK; PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; NECK; PRESSURE;

EID: 0029878804     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07754.x     Document Type: Review

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