Laryngeal mask airway and the difficult airway management

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-246

  Khan, Rashid M ^a   Bhatti, T H ^b   Ahmed, S Moied ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA; BOUGIE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MANAGEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 27844499676     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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