The Soft Seal disposable laryngeal mask airway in adults: Comparison of two insertion techniques without intra-oral manipulation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1131-1134

  Kuvaki, B ^a   Kucukguclu S ^a   Iyilikci L ^a   Tuncali, B E ^a   Cinar O ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 51549091625     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05566.x     Document Type: Article

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