The laryngeal mask airway in the difficult paediatric airway: An assessment of positioning and use in fibreoptic intubation

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-58

  Walker, Robert W M ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Difficult airway; Difficult intubation; Laryngeal mask airway; Mucopolysaccharidosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION;

ANESTHESIA, INTRATRACHEAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033985165     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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