Bougie-guided insertion of the ProSeal™ laryngeal mask airway has higher first attempt success rate than the digital technique in children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-241

  Lopez Gil, M ^a   Brimacombe, J ^b   Barragan, L ^a   Keller, C ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway, technique; Complications, children; Equipment, ProSeal laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; BOUGIE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; DRAIN; ESOPHAGUS TUBE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH TUBE; TIME;

EID: 31744437681     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei290     Document Type: Article

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