Tracheal extubation with a laryngeal mask airway and exchange catheter in a patient with a difficult airway

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1278-1279

  Raveendran, Raviraj ^a   Sastry, Sunita G ^a   Wong, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY EXCHANGE CATHETER; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; CAPNOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEAL EXTUBATION;

ADULT; AIRWAY EXTUBATION; CATHETERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS;

EID: 84890508836     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-0041-5     Document Type: Letter

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