Problems with the laryngeal mask airway: Prevention and management

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-154

  Brimacombe, Joseph R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ASPIRATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG ASPIRATION; MORBIDITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SORE THROAT;

EID: 0031827510     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004311-199803620-00011     Document Type: Review

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