Laryngeal mask cuff inflation at removal does not affect early postoperative laryngopharyngeal morbidity

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 871-873

  O'Brien, Brian ^a   Harmon, Dominic ^a   Duggan, Michelle ^a   Flynn, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CUFF; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HICCUP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036816017     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017423     Document Type: Article

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