Reusable Laryngeal Mask Airways can be used more than 40 times

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-115

  Goodman, Evan J ^a,b   Christenson, Elizabeth ^a,b   Douglas, Allen M ^a,b   Ziegler, E Jane ^a,b   Lewis, Bradley R ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway device; Laryngeal Mask Airway classic; LMA; Reuse, mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUFF; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGEAL MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; LARYNGEAL MASKS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 41849093757     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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