Impact of laryngeal mask airway cuff pressures on the incidence of sore throat in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 464-469

  Wong, Justin Gin Leong ^a   Heaney, Mairead ^a   Chambers, Neil A ^a   Erb, Thomas O ^b   Von Ungern Sternberg, Britta S ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway morbidity complications; Anesthesia; Cuff pressure; Laryngeal mask airway; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349195540     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.02968.x     Document Type: Article

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