Improved esophageal patency when inserting the ProSealTM laryngeal mask airway with an EschmannTM tracheal tube introducer

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 725-732

  Beheiry, Hossam El ^a,b   Wong, Jean ^b,c   Nair, Gopakumar ^c   Chinnappa, Vinod ^c   Arora, Gagan ^c   Morales, Eduardo ^c   Chung, Frances ^b,c  

^a Trillium Health Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL FIBERS; SAMPLE SIZE; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 77249092250     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-009-9141-7     Document Type: Article

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