A comparison of the reinforced and standard laryngeal mask airway: Ease of insertion and the influence of head and neck position on oropharyngeal leak pressure and intracuff pressure

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 628-631

  Buckham, M ^a   Brooker, M ^a   Brimacombe, J ^a   Keller, C ^a,b  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway: sealing, cuff pressure; Equipment: laryngeal mask airway, standard, flexible

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUFF; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION; TIME;

EID: 0033376113     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9902700612     Document Type: Article

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