A fibreoptic scoring system to assess the position of laryngeal mask airway devices. Interobserver variability and a comparison between the standard, flexible and intubating laryngeal mask airways

Anasthesiologie Intensivmedizin Notfallmedizin Schmerztherapie

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 692-694

  Keller, C ^a   Brimacombe, J ^b   Puhringer, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interobserver variability; Laryngeal mask airway devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISIBILITY; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033739456     PISSN: 09392661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8164     Document Type: Article

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