The laryngeal mask airway: Limitations and controversies

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-182

  Brimacombe, Joseph R ^a   Berry, Alison M ^a   White, Paul F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ASPIRATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FACE MASK; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0031857444     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004311-199803620-00012     Document Type: Review

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