Airway management

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 667-674

  Verghese, Chandy ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ASPIRATION; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOOD REGURGITATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033372291     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199912000-00006     Document Type: Review

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