Nitrous oxide diffusion into the cuffs of disposable laryngeal mask airways

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-282

  Maino, P ^a   Dullenkopf, A ^a   Bernet, V ^a   Weiss, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; CUFF; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LARYNGEAL MASK; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; DIFFUSION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; NITROUS OXIDE; PRESSURE;

EID: 14644432390     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.04072.x     Document Type: Article

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