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Usefulness of self made introducer for laryngeal mask airway in paediatric anaesthesia
Author(s) -
ISHIKAWA TERUHIKO,
HATORI FUMIMARO,
KATAYAMA MASAO,
UESHIBA REIKO,
UEMURA JUNICHI
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1997.d01-55.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngeal mask airway , anesthesia , laryngeal masks , airway , airway management , general anaesthesia , surgery
The usefulness of a self made introducer for laryngeal mask airway (LMA) placement was investigated in 251 paediatric patients. Adequate success rate on the first attempt and atraumatic insertions were achieved by the introducer with minimum experience. The authors concluded that the introducer has significant advantages for easy and safe insertions of the LMA in paediatric anaesthesia.