The intubating laryngeal mask airway: Effect of handle elevation on efficacy of seal, fibreoptic position, blind intubation and airway protection

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 414-419

  Keller, C ^c   Brimacombe, J R ^a,b   Radler C ^c   Puhringer F ^c   Brimacombe, N S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Equipment: intubating laryngeal mask airway, oropharyngeal leak pressure

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CADAVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OROPHARYNX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION;

EID: 0033855456     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0002800410     Document Type: Article

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