Intubating laryngeal mask airway

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 551-569

  Caponas, G ^a  

^a BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway, diffucult intubation: Equipment, laryngeal mask

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPIGLOTTIS; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; EXPERIENCE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX DISORDER; LUBRICATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SORE THROAT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0036799359     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0203000503     Document Type: Review

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