Cuff volume and size selection with the laryngeal mask

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1179-1184

  Asai, T ^a   Brimacombe, J ^b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equipment: laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LARYNGEAL MASK; REVIEW; VOLUMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; OROPHARYNX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033636120     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01624.x     Document Type: Review

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