Laryngeal mask airway and the ASA difficult airway algorithm

Anesthesiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 686-699

  Benumof, Jonathan L ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesia ^*  (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS;

EID: 0029930890     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199603000-00024     Document Type: Review

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