Intubating laryngeal mask airway for difficult out-of-hospital airway management: A prospective evaluation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-291

  Timmermann, A ^a   Russo, S G ^a   Rosenblatt, W H ^b   Eich, C ^a   Barwing, J ^a   Roessler, M ^a   Graf, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway, complications; Airway, patency; Complications, intubation tracheal; Equipment, airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKILL; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH JUICE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 34547887992     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem136     Document Type: Article

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