Cobra perilaryngeal airway as a rescue device for failed rapid sequence intubation

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 572-

  Chakravarty, C ^b   Rewari, V ^a   Talawar, P ^b   Kumar, A ^b   Manikandan, R ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40849124260     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01564.x     Document Type: Letter

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