Ease of tracheal intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask during manual in-line head and neck stabilisation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-85

  Asai, T ^a   Murao, K ^a   Tsutsumi, T ^a   Shingu, K ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difficult; Equipment; Intubating laryngeal mask; Intubation; Tracheal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNGOSCOPES; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033982285     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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