Blind intubation of anaesthetised children with supraglottic airway devices AmbuAura-i and Air-Q cannot be recommended: A randomised controlled trial

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 631-639

  Kleine Brueggeney, Maren ^a   Nicolet, Anna ^a   Nabecker, Sabine ^a   Seiler, Stefan ^a   Stucki, Franziska ^a   Greif, Robert ^a   Theiler, Lorenz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY LEAK PRESSURE; AIRWAY PRESSURE; AMBUAURA I; ARTICLE; BLIND INTUBATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBEROSCOPE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE NUMBNESS; TUBE DISLOCATION; DEVICES; EPIGLOTTIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIGLOTTIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84942589991     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000261     Document Type: Article

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