Use of the pro-seal laryngeal mask airway facilitates percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in an intensive care unit

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 185-187

  Sarkar, Suman ^a   Shashi, P ^b   Paswan, Anil Kumar ^b   Anupam, R P ^b   Suman, S ^c   Dube, Surya Kumar ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Laryngeal mask airway; percutaneous tracheostomy; pro seal laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROSCOPE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 79551650124     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.76082     Document Type: Article

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