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Laryngeal mask airway for management of a difficult airway and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
Author(s) -
GRONERT BRIAN J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1996.tb00379.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngeal mask airway , airway , intubation , airway management , extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy , tracheal intubation , failure to thrive , anesthesia , laryngeal masks , lithotripsy , surgery , pediatrics
Summary We report successful use of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) in an eight‐year‐old child with failure to thrive and a known difficult tracheal intubation for ESWL in a mobile lithotripter van.