I-gel™ supraglottic airway in clinical practice: A prospective observational multicentre study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 990-995

  Theiler, L ^a,b   Gutzmann, M ^c   Kleine Brueggeney, M ^b   Urwyler, N ^b   Kaempfen, B ^d   Greif, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Innere Medizin und Nephrologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

airway management; i gel; laryngeal masks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTITION; FEMALE; GLOTTIC HEMATOMA; HEART ARREST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; SUBLUXATION; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; TRANSIENT VASOVAGAL ASYSTOLE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84869452065     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes309     Document Type: Article

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