Pharyngolaryngeal, neck, and jaw discomfort after anesthesia with the face mask and laryngeal mask airway at high and low cuff volumes in males and females

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-31

  Brimacombe, Joseph ^b   Holyoake, Lindsey ^c   Keller, Christian ^a   Brimacombe, Nick ^c   Scully, Miriam ^c   Barry, John ^c   Talbutt, Paul ^c   Sartain, James ^c   McMahon, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Airway management; Complications; Cuff pressure; Dysphagia; Dysphonia; Sore throat

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT;

EID: 0033918203     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200007000-00009     Document Type: Article

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