Use of laryngeal mask airway in a patient requiring continuous positive airway pressure: a case report.
The successful use of a laryngeal mask airway over a 48-hour period is reported in a patient with partial upper airway obstruction who required continuous positive airway pressure.
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
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Thornton
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D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy