The argument against the laryngeal mask airway

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 242-244

  Klimek, Markus ^a   Klein, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CROSS INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STOMACH SUCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NOTE; PRION DISEASE; SAFETY;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PRION DISEASES; SAFETY;

EID: 2442690321     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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