Air humidification might help to prevent irritation and damage to the vocal cords during intermittent positive pressure ventilation using a laryngeal mask airway [5]

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-212

  Fabregat, Joaquín ^a   De Arce, Cristina ^b  

^a SM Rosell University Hospital   (Spain)

^b Hospital Virgen del Toro   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; ROCURONIUM;

AIRFLOW; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INHALATION; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNORING; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; LARYNGEAL MASKS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 33645793806     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021832     Document Type: Letter

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