Airway management in the lateral position: A randomized controlled trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1221-1225

  McCaul, Conan L ^a,d   Harney, Donal ^a   Ryan, Margaret ^a   Moran, Ciaran ^b   Kavanagh, Brian P ^c   Boylan, John F ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

EID: 25644447528     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000171712.44746.bb     Document Type: Article

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