Tracheal tube and laryngeal mask cuff pressure during anaesthesia - mandatory monitoring is in need

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rokamp, Kim Z ^a   Secher, Niels H ^a   Møller, Ann M ^a   Nielsen, Henning B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 78649542193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-10-20     Document Type: Article

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