Use of the laryngeal mask airway in the ambulatory setting

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 386-388

  Wat, Linda I ^a   Brimacombe, Joe R ^b   White, Paul F ^c   Templin, P A ^a   Lynch, M E ^a   Hammamura, R K ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, ambulatory; Laryngeal mask airway; Surgery, ambulatory

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FACE MASK; LARYNGEAL MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAINTENANCE; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEXAS;

EID: 0032145587     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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