title: Pediatric-sized laryngeal mask airway as a backup device for airway rescue: a possible choice for adult "cannot ventilate, cannot intubate" scenarios?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: ed102605@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kuo-Chuan
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shao-Wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D060666:Airway Extubation; D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy
keywords: Difficult airway; Laryngeal mask airway