Audit of performance of size 1.5 ProSeal laryngeal mask airways in infants less than six months undergoing inguinal herniotomy

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 998-1001

  White, M C ^a,b   Kelly, F ^a   Bayley, G ^a   Sale, S ^a   Cook, T ^a,c   Stodart, P A ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Pediatric Anaesthesia ^*

^c ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Infant; Inguinal herniotomy; ProSeal laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 74049120192     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0903700603     Document Type: Article

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