Magnetic resonance imaging study of the in vivo position of the extraglottic airway devices i-gel™ and LMA-Supreme™ in anaesthetized human volunteers

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 996-1004

  Russo, S G ^a   Cremer, S ^a   Eich, C ^a,b   Jipp, M ^a   Cohnen, J ^a   Strack, M ^c   Quintel, M ^a   Mohr, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital Auf der Bult   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

i gel ; laryngeal mask airway; LMA Supreme ; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYOID BONE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; TONGUE; TRACHEA; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869424358     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes314     Document Type: Article

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