A novel method for laryngeal mask airway size selection in paediatric patients

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 386-390

  Zahoor, Abdul ^a   Ahmad, Nauman ^a   Sereche, Getu ^a   Riad, Waleed ^b  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ear size; Laryngeal mask airway size; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT, MASS AND SIZE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR AURICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84866031562     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32835562f4     Document Type: Article

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