Evaluation of the SLIPA™ (Streamlined Liner of the Pharynx Airway), a single use supraglottic airway device, in 60 anaesthetized patients undergoing minor surgical procedures

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 756-761

  Hein, C ^a   Plummer, J ^a   Owen, H ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway, pharyngeal: Disposable supraglottic, SLIPA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; OXYGEN TENSION; RELIABILITY; SORE THROAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; COHORT STUDIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 30044440086     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0503300609     Document Type: Article

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