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Anaesth Intensive Care · Apr 1998
Case ReportsPulmonary aspiration of blood following traumatic laryngeal mask airway insertion.
- A Norton, J Germonpré, and T Semple.
- Dept of Anaesthesia, Royal Adelaide Hospital, S.A.
- Anaesth Intensive Care. 1998 Apr 1;26(2):213-5.
AbstractAn unusual and potentially life-threatening complication arising from a relatively common event--bleeding due to traumatic laryngeal mask insertion--is presented. It demonstrates that the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) cannot always be relied upon to protect the lower airway from upper airway bleeding.
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