Mallampati class does not affect the success rate of intubation through an intubating laryngeal mask airway with reverse tracheal tube direction

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 227-231

  Ye, L ^a   Wong, D T ^b   Liu, J ^a   Zhu, T ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Laryngeal masks; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; TRACHEA;

EID: 84878210091     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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