Laryngeal mask airway in air transport when intubation fails: Case report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 333-336

  Martin, Sharen E ^a   Ochsner, M Gage ^a   Jarman, Robert H ^a   Agudelo, William E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031056254     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199702000-00030     Document Type: Article

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