An evaluation of the Cobra Perilaryngeal Airway™: Study halted after two cases of pulmonary aspiration

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 791-796

  Cook, Tim M ^a   Lowe, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 22944491457     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04261.x     Document Type: Article

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