The influence of head and neck position on ventilation with the i-gel airway in paralysed, anaesthetised patients

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 597-599

  Sanuki, Takuro ^a   Uda, Rumiko ^b   Sugioka, Shingo ^a   Daigo, Erina ^a   Son, Hiroki ^b   Akatsuka, Masafumi ^b   Kotani, Junichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hirakata City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck position; I gel airway; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NECK POSITION; PARALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OROPHARYNX; PARALYSIS; POSTURE; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052711399     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32834698f4     Document Type: Article

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