Comparison between the PLA cobra™ and the laryngeal mask airway unique™: Choice of laryngeal mask airway unique size [17]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 458-

  Gaitini, Luis ^a   Alfery, David ^b,c  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

EID: 33846416909     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000253685.91890.55     Document Type: Letter

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