Laryngeal mask airway and endotracheal intubation: Are they comparable? [4]

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 381-

  Ezri, T ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LAPAROSCOPE; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LAPAROSCOPES; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAFETY;

EID: 3042628198     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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