A randomised crossover trial comparing a single-use polyvinyl chloride laryngeal mask airway with a single-use silicone laryngeal mask airway

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1337-1342

  Bell, S F ^a   Morris, N G ^a   Rao, A ^a   Wilkes, A R ^b   Goodwin, N ^a  

^a CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SILICONES;

EID: 84868657608     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12004     Document Type: Article

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