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Clinical Trial
. 2003 Mar;96(3):896-898.
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000048839.12552.50.

Flexible lightwand-guided intubation using the intubating laryngeal mask airway in the supine, right, and left lateral positions in healthy patients by experienced users

V Dimitriou  1 , G S Voyagis, C Iatrou, J Brimacombe
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Clinical Trial

Flexible lightwand-guided intubation using the intubating laryngeal mask airway in the supine, right, and left lateral positions in healthy patients by experienced users

V Dimitriou et al. Anesth Analg. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

Flexible lightwand-guided intubation with the intubating laryngeal mask airway is equally effective in the supine, right, and left lateral positions in healthy patients by experienced users.

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