Optimal shape of the laryngeal mask cuff: The influence of three deflation techniques

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 673-676

  Brimacombe, J ^a,e   Brain, A ^b,c,d   Branagan, H ^e   Spry, M ^e   Schofield, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equipment; laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; RESIDUAL VOLUME;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0029888933     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07852.x     Document Type: Article

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