Laryngeal mask airway size selection in males and females: Ease of insertion, oropharyngeal leak pressure, pharyngeal mucosal pressures and anatomical position

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 703-707

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Equipment, masks anaesthesia; Gastrointestinal tract, mucosal pressure; Intubation tracheal; Larynx, anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE;

EID: 0032951720     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/82.5.703     Document Type: Article

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