The i-gel: Its efficacy in 120 patients undergoing general anesthesia

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 739-742

  Asai, Takashi ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway device; Supraglottic airway

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959329058     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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