The intubating laryngeal mask. Results of a multicentre trial with experience of 500 cases

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1174-1179

  Baskett, P J F ^a   Parr, M J A ^a   Nolan, J P ^b   Gregory, M ^a   Gabbott, D A ^c   Spring, C ^c   Stacey, M ^d   Hugo, S ^d   Asai, T ^d   Koga, K ^d   Brandon, M ^d   Parke, T J ^e   Goldman, K ^e   Kyriakides, K ^f   Aitkenhead, A R ^f   Millar, J ^g   Eldridge, J ^g  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; intubating laryngeal mask airway; Intubation; tracheal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGENATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031723361     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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