Safety and efficacy of the laryngeal mask airway. A prospective survey of 1400 children

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 969-972

  Lopez Gil, M ^a   Brimacombe, J ^b   Alvarez, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; paediatric; Complications; Equipment; airway, laryngeal mask

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT; VOMITING;

EID: 0029851782     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb14968.x     Document Type: Article

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