Storage capacities of the laryngeal mask and laryngeal tube compared and their relevance to aspiration risk during positive pressure ventilation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1821-1822

  Miller, Donald M ^a,b   Light, Derek ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBBER; SILICONE; WATER;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS TUBE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGEAL TUBE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG MODEL; PHARYNX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STORAGE; TUBE;

EID: 0038024152     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000066016.91632.25     Document Type: Article

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