Use of the ProSeal™ laryngeal mask airway in a pregnant patient with a difficult airway during electroconvulsive therapy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 752-754

  Ivascu Brown, N ^a   Fogarty Mack, P ^a   Mitera, D M ^a   Dhar, P ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway, management; Brain, electroconvulsive therapy; Equipment, ProSeal laryngeal mask airway; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DEPRESSION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0642282585     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg227     Document Type: Article

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