Which airway should I use?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 595-599

  Timmermann, Arnd ^a   Russo, Sebastian Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway morbidity; Endotracheal intubation; Extraglottic airway devices; Prehospital; Safety

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 35948943114     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f13a77     Document Type: Review

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