Analysis of 1500 laryngeal mask uses by one anaesthetist in adults undergoing routine anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-80

  Brimacombe, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; aspiration, hypoxaemia; Equipment; laryngeal mask, bronchoscope, fibreoptic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TECHNIQUE; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029925799     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07660.x     Document Type: Article

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