Assessment of a new nasopharyngeal airway.
A new design of nasopharyngeal airway, which incorporates an introducer, was compared with a standard red rubber airway. The new airway was more frequently of the correct length, but the incidence of bleeding (12.5%) was not significantly different from that with the red rubber airway (27.5%).
Gallagher
W J
WJ
Department of Anaesthetics, United Medical Schools of Guy's Hospitals, London.
Pearce
A C
AC
Power
S J
SJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009305:Nasopharynx