The anatomical position of three extraglottic airway devices in patients with clear airways

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 891-895

  van Zundert, André ^a   Brimacombe, J ^b   Kamphuis, R ^a   Haanschoten, M ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLOTTIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HERNIA; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33747150775     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04745.x     Document Type: Article

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