Directly measured mucosal pressures produced by the i-gel TM and laryngeal mask airway Supreme TM in paralysed anaesthetised patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-410

  Eschertzhuber, S ^a   Brimacombe, J ^b   Kaufmann, M ^a   Keller, C ^c   Tiefenthaler, W ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGEAL MASK; OROPHARYNX; PARALYSIS; PYRIFORM SINUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SENSOR; TONGUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OROPHARYNX; PRESSURE; TONGUE;

EID: 84858332383     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.07024.x     Document Type: Article

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