Tracheal intubation through the laryngeal mask airway using a gum elastic bougie: The effect of head position

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 427-429

  Ahmed, Aamer B ^a   Nathanson, Michael H ^a   Gajraj, Noor M ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Equipment gum elastic bougie, laryngeal mask airway; Intubation: intratracheal

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEAD; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; POSTURE;

EID: 0034812345     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00295-1     Document Type: Article

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