Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 136-140 , December 2011

Use of laryngeal mask airway in children with upper respiratory tract infection, compared with face mask: Randomized, single blind, clinical trial

  • Babak Gharaei

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesia Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Labbafinejad Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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  • Homayoun Aghamohammadi

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesia Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Labbafinejad Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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  • Alireza Jafari

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesia Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Labbafinejad Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Sajjad Razavi

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesiology Research Center, Mofid Pediatric Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohammadreza Kamranmanesh

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesia Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Labbafinejad Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Alireza Shafiei Poor Kermany

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesia Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Labbafinejad Hospital, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Anesthesiology Research Center, Labbafinejad Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Labbafinejad Hospital, 9th Boostan, Pastaran, Tehran, Iran.

Received 21 April 2011 ,Revised 24 October 2011 ,Accepted 27 October 2011.

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PII: S1875-4597(11)00096-8

doi: 10.1016/j.aat.2011.11.008

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 136-140 , December 2011

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