Laryngeal mask airways – to inflate or to deflate after insertion?
✍ Scribed by BRITTA S. Von UNGERN-STERNBERG; THOMAS O. ERB; NEIL A. CHAMBERS; MAIREAD HEANEY
- Book ID
- 109032103
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1155-5645
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## Summary Sixty‐one patients received a standardised anaesthetic and were randomly assigned to three groups: tracheal intubation via direct laryngoscopy, tracheal intubation via an intubating laryngeal mask airway with immediate removal of the device, and tracheal intubation via an intubating lary
In a double‐blind randomised study, we compared conditions during insertion of the laryngeal mask airway in 150 patients who received either fentanyl 1 __μ__g.kg^−1^, mivacurium 0.04 mg.kg^−1^ or normal saline, before induction of anaesthesia with propofol 2 mg.kg^−1^. Insertion conditions, includin