The use of the laryngeal mask airway in post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage - A case report

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 764-765

  Lim, N L S H ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Difficult airway; Laryngeal mask airway; Primary post tonsillectomy haemorrhage; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; SINUSITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; SINUSITIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034329173     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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