title: The laryngeal mask airway.
abstract: The laryngeal mask airway is a new development in airway management. It became commercially available in 1988 and has since become an integral part of anaesthetic practice; its potential outside anaesthesia is rapidly developing. This article describes the basic concepts, methods of insertion and applications, current and projected.
authors.affiliation: Cairns Base Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brimacombe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shorney
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx; D008397:Masks; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*