Abbreviated Laparotomy and Planned Reoperation for Critically Injured Patients
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Critically injured patients, inaccessible airways, and laryngeal mask airways.
Managing the airway of a critically injured trauma patient in the prehospital environment is challenging, especially when access to the patient's airway is limited as is often the case in vehicle entrapment incidents. This paper reports the use of the laryngeal mask airway as an adjunct to airway management when attempts using simple airway management techniques have failed to provide adequate ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199205000-00010