Oesophageal seal of the novel supralaryngeal airway device I-Gel™ in comparison with the laryngeal mask airways Classic™ and ProSeal™ using a cadaver model

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-139

  Schmidbauer, W ^a   Bercker, S ^b   Volk, T ^c   Bogusch, G ^c   Mager, G ^a   Kerner, T ^c  

^a Bundeswehrkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Airway, anatomy; Airway, apparatus; Complications, aspiration; Intubation, laryngeal mask; Respiratory, upper airway; Safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SAFETY;

EID: 57349166088     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen319     Document Type: Article

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