Comparison of the i-gel and the LMA-Unique laryngeal mask airway in patients with mild to moderate obesity during elective short-term surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 481-487

  Weber, U ^a   Oguz, R ^a   Potura, L A ^a   Kimberger, O ^a   Kober, A ^a   Tschernko, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; I GEL; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956100502     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06682.x     Document Type: Article

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