A performance comparison of the paediatric i-gel™ with other supraglottic airway devices

Anaesthesia

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-92

  Smith, P ^a   Bailey, C R ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY PRESSURE; COUGHING; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OROPHARYNGEAL LEAK PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STOMACH TUBE; STRIDOR; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; LARYNGEAL MASK; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL BIAS; TIME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84916605867     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12830     Document Type: Review

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