I-gel supraglottic airway for rescue airway management and as a conduit for tracheal intubation in a patient with acute respiratory failure

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 963-

  Campbell, J ^a   Michalek, P ^a   Deighan, M ^a  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 67649989146     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.04.037     Document Type: Letter

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