Myths and realities: The "difficult airway" and alternative airway devices in the emergency setting

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 829-832

  Levitan, R M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Difficult airway; ILMA; Intubating laryngeal mask airway; Intubation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; DEVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; HYPOXIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG ASPIRATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034908744     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00216.x     Document Type: Note

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