Airway rescue using an "undersized" CobraPLA™ during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 404-405

  Mezzetti, Marzio ^a   Lindenberg, Peter ^a   Rizzi, F ^a   Alfery, David ^b   Szmuk, Peter ^c  

^a Laboratorio Analisi   (Italy)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 50149091548     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.03.009     Document Type: Letter

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