Avoiding oesophageal ventilation with the intubating laryngeal mask airway: Predictive value of the air aspiration test compared with capnography [5]

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 758-759

  Rassam, S ^a   Southern, D ^a   Turner, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; AUSCULTATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0242720179     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg642     Document Type: Letter

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