Gum elastic bougie-guided insertion of the ProSeal™ laryngeal mask airway

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 681-684

  Brimacombe, J ^a   Keller, C ^b  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Equipment: laryngeal mask airway, gum elastic bougie, insertion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; BOUGIE; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHARYNX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 7244256007     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0403200514     Document Type: Article

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