An Ultrasound Evaluation of Laryngeal Mask Airway Position in Pediatric Patients: An Observational Study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 427-432

  Kim, Jeongmin ^a   Kim, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Won Oak ^a   Kil, Hae Keum ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY MALPOSITION; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LARYNX; MEDICAL ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNX; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84922017743     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000551     Document Type: Article

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