The Laryngeal Mask Airway: Prehospital and Emergency Department Use

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1069-1083

  Barata, Isabel ^a,b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Children; Complications; Difficult airway; Indications; Laryngeal mask airway; Neonate; Pediatrics; Use

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 57049112750     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.07.006     Document Type: Review

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