Comparative study of three different supraglottic airway devices in simulated difficult airway situations

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1311-1317

  Thierbach, A ^a   Piepho, T ^b   Gobler S ^b   Rutzler K ^c   Frass, M ^c   Kaye, A D ^d   Robak, O ^c  

^a Klinikum Idar Oberstein   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Laryngeal masks; Manikins

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY SIMULATION MANIKIN; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGEAL TUBE; MUSCLE CRAMP; SPINE MOBILITY; TONGUE EDEMA; TRISMUS; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MANIKIN; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANIKINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84950315881     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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