Optimal size AMBU® Laryngeal mask airway among Asian adult population

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 151-155

  Tang, Mee Yee ^a   Tang, Ing Ping ^a   Wang, Chew Yin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Laryngeal mask airway; Malaysian adult; Size selection

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; OROPHARYNGEAL LEAK PRESSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SORE THROAT; SURGERY;

EID: 84918557611     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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