Appropriate size of laryngeal mask airway for children

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 771-774

  Loke, G P Y ^a   Tan, S M ^b   Ng, A S B ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: paediatric; Equipment: laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

AERATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STOMACH DISEASE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036915768     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0203000609     Document Type: Article

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