An airway management device: The laryngeal mask airway - A review

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-43

  Schmiesing, Clifford A ^a   Brock Utne, John G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031952873     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088506669801300103     Document Type: Review

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