The effect of endotracheal tubes versus laryngeal mask airways on perioperative respiratory adverse events in infants: a randomised controlled trial

Background: Perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAE) are the most common critical incidents in paediatric anaesthesia and occur more often in infants. Use of laryngeal mask airways (LMAs) is associated with reduced PRAE compared with endotracheal tubes in older children (>1 year). We aimed...

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Main Authors: Drake-Brockman, T., Ramgolam, A., Zhang, Guicheng, Hall, G., von Ungern-Sternberg, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Lancet Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53439