Laryngeal mask airways - To inflate or to deflate after insertion?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 837-843

  Von Ungern Sternberg, Britta S ^a   Erb, Thomas O ^b   Chambers, Neil A ^a   Heaney, Mairead ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airway morbidity; Complications; Cuff pressure; Laryngeal mask airway; Pediatric anesthesia

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETER; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADOLESCENT; AIR PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PHARYNGITIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 68849116951     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03109.x     Document Type: Article

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