A comparison of the Soft Seal™ disposable and the Classic re-usable laryngeal mask airway

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-181

  Shafik, Magdi T ^a   Bahlman, B U ^a   Hall, J E ^a   Ali, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUFF; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33644785977     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04461.x     Document Type: Article

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