Use of a new supraglottic airway device - The CobraPLA - In a difficult to intubate/difficult to ventilate' scenario

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-423

  Szmuk, Peter ^a,e   Ezri, T ^c,e   Akca O ^b,e   Alfery, D D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Outcome Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

CobraPLA; Difficult ventilation; Failed intubation; Supraglottic airway devices

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INTUBATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE;

EID: 15944383810     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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