The second-generation air-Q® intubating laryngeal mask for airway maintenance during anaesthesia in adults: A report of the first 70 uses

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-45

  Joffe, A M ^a,b   Liew, E C ^a,c   Galgon, R E ^a   Viernes, D ^a,d   Treggiari, M M ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Intubating laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SORE THROAT;

EID: 79551560977     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900106     Document Type: Article

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