Using atmospheric pressure to inflate the cuff of the Portex Laryngeal Mask [11]

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 296-297

  Al Shaikh, Bal ^a   William, M George ^a   Van Zundert, A A J ^b  

^a Harvey Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COUGHING; CUFF; FIBEROSCOPE; GAS FLOW; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX SPASM; LETTER; LUNG RESISTANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SORE THROAT; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE;

EID: 14644394877     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04135.x     Document Type: Letter

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