A randomized trial comparing the Ambu® Aura-i™ with the air-Q™ intubating laryngeal airway as conduits for tracheal intubation in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1197-1204

  Jagannathan, Narasimhan ^a   Sohn, Lisa E ^a   Sawardekar, Amod ^a   Gordon, Jason ^a   Shah, Ravi D ^a   Mukherji, Isabella I ^a   Roth, Andrew G ^a   Suresh, Santhanam ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

air Q; airway devices; clinical trials; laryngeal mask airway

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; TIDAL VOLUME;

AIRWAY EXTUBATION; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868648851     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12024     Document Type: Article

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