Malpositioning of supraglottic airway devices: Preventive and corrective strategies

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 579-582

  Van Zundert, A A J ^a   Kumar, C M ^b   Van Zundert, T C R V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE MALPOSITIONING; EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; CAPNOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIGLOTTIS; POSITION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VOCAL CORD; ACID ASPIRATION; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION;

EID: 84965111619     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew104     Document Type: Editorial

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