A randomised, crossover comparison between the CobraPLA® and the LMA Classic™ in paralysed patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1285-1288

  Nam, S B ^a   Han, D W ^a   Chang, C H ^a   Lee, J S ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MANOMETER; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PARALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 35848931231     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05250.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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