Water flow between the upper esophagus and pharynx for the LMA and COPA in fresh cadavers

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1064-1066

  Brimacombe, J ^b   Keller, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DEVICE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0033432791     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013203     Document Type: Article

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