A comparison of the laryngeal mask airway and cuffed oropharyngeal airway in anesthetized adult patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Brimacombe, J R ^a,c   Brimacombe, J C ^b   Berry, A M ^a   Morris, R ^b   Mecklem, D ^a   Clarke, G ^a   Barry, J ^a   Kirk, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NAMBOUR GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFFED OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0031807759     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199807000-00031     Document Type: Article

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