A review of patients with pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents during anesthesia reported to the Departmental Quality Assurance Committee

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-107

  Neelakanta, Gundappa ^a   Chikyarappa, Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Aspiration, pulmonary; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CONTENT;

EID: 33645086864     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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