Time to abandon the 'vintage' laryngeal mask airway and adopt second-generation supraglottic airway devices as first choice

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 497-499

  Cook, T M ^a   Kelly, F E ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACID ASPIRATION; CADAVER; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SORE THROAT; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FORECASTING; TRENDS;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS;

EID: 84943245956     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev156     Document Type: Editorial

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