Performance of the size 5 laryngeal mask airway in males and females

Anasthesiologie Intensivmedizin Notfallmedizin Schmerztherapie

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 567-570

  Brimacombe, J ^a   Keller, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy: pharynx; Equipment: laryngeal mask airway; Size selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHARYNX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033812188     PISSN: 09392661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7092     Document Type: Article

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