The use of an i-gel supraglottic airway for the airway management of a patient with subglottic stenosis: A case report

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 369-372

  Donaldson, W ^a   Michalek, P ^a,b  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Laparoscopy; Laryngostenosis

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; VOCAL CORD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLOTTIS; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77954680311     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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