Digital palpation of the pilot balloon vs. continuous manometry for controlling the intracuff pressure in laryngeal mask airways

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1169-1176

  Hensel, M ^a   Guldenpfennig T ^a   Schmidt, A ^a   Krumm, M ^a   Kerner, T ^b   Kox, W J ^c  

^a Park Klinik Weissensee   (Germany)

^b Institut für Notfallmedizin IfN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anaesthesia techniques; aspiration management: laryngeal mask airway; monitored anaesthesia care: requirements; pain terms

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; OXYCODONE; WATER;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CONTINUOUS MANOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL PALPATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACUFF PRESSURE; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETER; MANOMETRY; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PILOT BALLOON; PNEUMATIC CUFF; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE VENTILATOR; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX RATIO; SORE THROAT; TARGET CONTROLLED INFUSION PUMP;

EID: 84986271721     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13566     Document Type: Article

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