Intermittent positive ventilation through a laryngeal mask in children: Does it cause gastric dilatation?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-308

  Selby, I R ^a,b   Morris, P ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Equipment: laryngeal mask airway; Technique: intermittent positive pressure ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISTENSION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0030874244     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1997.d01-89.x     Document Type: Article

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