A randomised comparison of the single use LMA Flexible™ with the reusable LMA Flexible™ in paediatric dental day-case patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1281-1284

  Flynn, P ^a   Ahmed, F B ^b   Mitchell, V ^a   Patel, A ^a   Clarke, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 35848936521     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05234.x     Document Type: Article

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