Laryngeal mask airways and use of a boyle-davis gag in ent surgery: Is there a learning curve? a prospective analysis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 338-342

  Hettige, Roland ^a   Pankhania, Miran ^b   Demetriou, Vias ^b   Draper, Mark ^b  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MILTON KEYNES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Boyle Davis gag; Experience; Intervention; Laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGEAL MASK; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOUTH GAG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TONSILLECTOMY;

AIRWAY; BOYLE-DAVIS GAG; EXPERIENCE; INTERVENTION; LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LEARNING CURVE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84903538478     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003489414526365     Document Type: Article

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