Comparison of guided insertion of the LMA ProSeal™ vs the i-gel™

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 913-916

  Gasteiger, L ^a   Brimacombe, J ^a   Perkhofer, D ^a   Kaufmann, M ^b   Keller, C ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OROPHARYNX; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR PRESSURE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956165813     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06422.x     Document Type: Article

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