Gas leakage and the laryngeal mask airway: A comparison with the tracheal tube and facemask during spontaneous ventilation using a circle breathing system

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1117-1119

  Cameron, A E ^a   Sievert, J ^a   Asbury, A J ^a   Jackson, R ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Equipment; laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING APPARATUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GAS FLOW; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALVE;

EID: 0030460832     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb15045.x     Document Type: Article

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