Large cuff volumes impede posterior pharyngeal mucosal perfusion with the laryngeal tube airway

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1084-1087

  Brimacombe, Joseph ^a   Keller, Christian ^b   Roth, Winfried ^b   Loeckinger, Alex ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DEVICE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; RESUSCITATION; SENSOR; TISSUE PERFUSION; VOLUNTEER; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037000283     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017908     Document Type: Article

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