Inconsistent size nomenclature in extraglottic airway devices

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 692-700

  Van Zundert, T C R V ^a   Hagberg, C A ^b   Cattano, D ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesiology; Anesthesiology, instrumentation; Laryngeal mask

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

AIRWAY CREATION DEVICE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIST; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXTRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGEAL TUBE; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; OROPHARYNX AIRWAY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; DEVICES;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84905915859     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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