The ProSeal laryngeal mask airway in prone patients: A retrospective audit of 245 patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-225

  Brimacombe, J R ^a   Wenzel, V ^b   Keller, C ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Equipment; Prone position; ProSeal laryngeal mask airway; Technique

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OXYGENATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH TUBE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 34247473472     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500211     Document Type: Article

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