The laryngeal mask airway.
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.
Brimacombe
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Cairns Base Hospital, Australia.
Shorney
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D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx; D008397:Masks; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*