Reduced air leakage by adjusting the cuff pressure in pediatric laryngeal mask airways during spontaneous ventilation

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-317

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

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway complication; Cuff pressure; Laryngeal mask airway; Manometer; Pediatric anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; AIR PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION;

EID: 77949291302     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2010.03277.x     Document Type: Article

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