The fastrachTM intubating laryngeal mask airway®: An overview and update

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 588-601

  Gerstein, Neal S ^a   Braude, Darren A ^b   Hung, Orlando ^c   Sanders, John C ^d   Murphy, Michael F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; ROCURONIUM; SILICONE;

AIRWAY EXCHANGER CATHETER; AIRWAY PRESSURE; AIRWAY SEAL PRESSURE; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ASPIRATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLIND INTUBATION; BODY MASS; CATHETER; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHANDY MANEUVER; CRICOID PRESSURE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; EXTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE MOBILITY; TOOTH INJURY; VOCAL CORD; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77953291769     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9272-x     Document Type: Review

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