A comparison of the disposable vs the reusable laryngeal tube in paralysed adult patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1167-1170

  Amini, A ^a   Zand, F ^a   Sadeghi, S E ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL TUBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PARALYSIS; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; PHARYNGITIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35048864827     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05196.x     Document Type: Article

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