Standardization of extraglottic airway devices, is it time yet?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 750-752

  Van Zundert, Tom C R V ^a   Hagberg, Carin A ^b   Cattano, Davide ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; EXTRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; GENDER; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84883674377     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31829f368b     Document Type: Letter

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