The ProSeal™ laryngeal mask airway size selection in male and female patients in an Asian population

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-242

  Tan, S M ^a   Sim, Y Y ^a   Koay, C K ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Equipment, anaesthesia: airway, laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUFF; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; BODY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BODY SIZE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17144375724     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0503300214     Document Type: Article

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