Survey of laryngeal mask airway usage in 11,910 patients: Safety and efficacy for conventional and nonconventional usage

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-133

  Verghese, Chandi ^a   Brimacombe, Joseph R ^b  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030028038     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199601000-00023     Document Type: Article

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