Head elevation by 3 vs. 6cm in ProSeal laryngeal mask airway insertion: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yun, Mi jung ^a   Hwang, Jung Won ^b   Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Hong, Hyo Ju ^a   Jeon, Young Tae ^b   Park, Hee Pyoung ^c  

^a National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airway; Head position; LMA; PLMA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SORE THROAT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEAD; HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PROCEDURES; SOUTH KOREA; SUPINE POSITION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD; HEMORRHAGE; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982824275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-016-0220-3     Document Type: Article

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