Lower cuff pressures improve the seal of pediatric laryngeal mask airways

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 952-956

  Licina, Ana ^a   Chambers, Neil A ^b   Hullett, Bruce ^c   Erb, Thomas O ^b   Von Ungern Sternberg, Britta S ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway; Anesthesia; Cuff hyperinflation; Laryngeal mask airway; Manometer; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CUFF; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETER; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PHARYNX; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 51349105384     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02706.x     Document Type: Article

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