Lingual ischemia from prolonged insertion of a fastrach laryngeal mask airway

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-127

  Gerstein, Neal S ^a   Braude, Darren ^a   Harding, James S ^a   Douglas, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Edema; Extraglottic Airway; Fastrach LMA; Intubating LMA; Laryngael Airway; Laryngeal Mask Airway; LMA; Supraglottic airway; Tongue

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051482357     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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