Performance of the pediatric-sized i-gel compared with the Ambu AuraOnce laryngeal mask in anesthetized and ventilated children

Anesthesiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-110

  Theiler, Lorenz G ^a,b   Kleine Brueggeney, Maren ^a,c   Luepold, Barbara ^a   Stucki, Franziska ^a   Seiler, Stefan ^a   Urwyler, Natalie ^a,d   Greif, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OROPHARYNGEAL LEAK PRESSURE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79959491828     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318219d619     Document Type: Article

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