Saline as an alternative to air for filling the laryngeal mask airway cuff

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 398-400

  Coorey, A ^a   Brimacombe, J ^b   Keller, C ^a,c  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Equipment, masks anaesthesia; Intubation tracheal; Surgery, laser

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031671185     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.3.398     Document Type: Article

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