The Portex 'Soft Seal' single use laryngeal mask - A preliminary study in pediatric anesthesia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-114

  Glaisyer, Hilary R ^a   Yule, C ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant; Laryngeal mask airway; Neonate; Pediatric anesthesia

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13944273029     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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