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The laryngeal mask airway in paediatric anaesthesia
Author(s) -
JOHNSTON D. F.,
WRIGLEY S. R.,
ROBB P. J.,
JONES H. E.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14620.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngeal mask airway , airway , anesthesia , laryngeal masks , mascara , general anaesthesia , larynx , surgery
Summary Forty‐eight children, aged between 2 and 10 years, admitted as day cases for otological surgery were allocated at random into two groups. The first group was anaesthetised using a standard facemask, and the second with a laryngeal mask airway. The laryngeal airway produced a satisfactory airway in all children, and was inserted on the first attempt in 67% of patients. Hypoxia was significantly less frequent in the laryngeal airway group (p < 0.05), and there were significantly fewer interruptions to surgery than in the facemask group (p< 0.001). Patient safety, operating and anaesthetic conditions were all considered superior in the laryngeal airway group.