The use of a supraglottic airway device as an extubation bridge for the difficult airway

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 387-

  El Orbany, Mohammad ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY EXCHANGE CATHETER; CATHETER; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; OXYGENATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBE; DEVICES; FEMALE;

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

EID: 84897046396     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-014-0116-y     Document Type: Letter

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