Laryngeal Mask Airway

Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Verghese, Chandy ^a   Mena, Gabriel ^b,c,d   Ferson, David Z ^c   Brain, Archie I J ^e  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-2764-7.00022-1     Document Type: Chapter

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