Laryngeal mask airway vs. uncuffed endotracheal tube for nasal and paranasal sinus surgery: Paediatric airway protection

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-19

  Al Mazroua, Khalid A ^a,b   Abdullahb, Khalid M ^b,c   ElGammal, Mohamed S ^b   Ansarid, Riaz A ^a   Turkistanid, Ahmedand ^a   Abdelmeguidc, Mohamed E ^c  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Airway contamination; Airway ear; Endotracheal tube; Laryngeal mask airway; Nasal surgery; Nose and throat; Sinus surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD STAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINECTOMY; VOCAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBER OPTICS; HYPOPHARYNX; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NOSE; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; EPINEPHRINE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LIDOCAINE; NOSE; PARANASAL SINUSES; RISK; TRACHEA;

EID: 77449104002     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32832c5f09     Document Type: Article

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