A randomised crossover trial comparing the i-gel supraglottic airway and classic laryngeal mask airway

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 674-678

  Janakiraman, C ^a   Chethan, D B ^a   Wilkes, A R ^b   Stacey, M R ^a   Goodwin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66349137384     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05898.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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