Using the inflating syringe as a safety valve to limit laryngeal mask airway cuff pressure

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 405-410

  Rice, Mark J ^a   Gravanstein, Nikolaus L ^a   Brull, Sorin J ^b   Morey, Timothy E ^a   Gravenstein, Nikolaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

airway management; cuff pressure; laryngeal mask airway; laryngeal masks; postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CUFF PRESSURE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; INFLATION PRESSURES; LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY; MAXIMUM VALUES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STARTING PRESSURE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

SYRINGES;

ARTICLE; CUFF PRESSURE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG INFLATION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SYRINGE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYRINGES;

EID: 84655167838     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-011-9319-8     Document Type: Article

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