Work of breathing in anesthetized patients: Laryngeal mask airway versus tracheal tube

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 268-271

  Joshi, Girish P ^a,b   Morrison, Stuart G ^a,b   White, Paul F ^a,b   Miciotto, Christopher J ^a   Hsia, C C W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^c Pulmonary Research Division

Author keywords

Airway: work of breathing; Anesthetic technique; Equipment: laryngeal mask airway, tracheal tube; General anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG CAPACITY; MALE; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK OF BREATHING;

EID: 0032102475     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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