Mechanical closure of the vocal cords with the laryngeal mask airway ProSeal™

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 296-297

  Brimacombe, J ^a   Richardson, C ^a   Keller, C ^b   Donald, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway, technique; Complications, obstruction; Equipment, ProSeal laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; INSULIN; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AIR; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CUFF; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LARYNGEAL MASK; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SNIFFING; VASCULAR SURGERY; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 0036172801     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/88.2.296     Document Type: Article

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