The Proseal™ laryngeal mask airway in children: A comparison between two insertion techniques

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Teoh, Chuan Yeong ^a,b   Lim, Felicia S K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Laryngeal mask airway; Proseal; Supraglottic airway device

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BOUGIE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH TUBE; VOCAL CORD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; INFANT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 37749043875     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02385.x     Document Type: Article

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