Randomized controlled trial comparing the laryngeal tube and the laryngeal mask in pediatric patients

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-257

  Bortone, Luciano ^a,c   Ingelmo, Pablo M ^b   Ninno, Gesù De ^a   Tosi, Michela ^a   Caffini, Laura ^a   Trenchi, Juna ^a   Mergoni, Mario ^a   Martorana, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted ventilation; Children; Fiberoptic evaluation; Laryngeal mask airway; Laryngeal tube; Spontaneous ventilation

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; SEVOFLURANE;

AIRWAY; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CUFF; DIET RESTRICTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGEAL TUBE; LARYNGOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 33645326200     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01756.x     Document Type: Article

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