Open AccessComparison of supraglottic devices i-gel ® and LMA Fastrach ® as conduit for endotracheal intubation
Author(s) -
Sorabh Kapoor,
Dharam Das Jethava,
Priyamvada Gupta,
Durga Jethava,
Alok Kumar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.138969
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , tracheal intubation , anesthesia , airway , airway management , surgery , laryngeal masks , endotracheal intubation , laryngeal mask airway
i-gel(®), a recently introduced supraglottic airway device (SAD) has been claimed to be an efficient supraglottic airway. It can also be used as a conduit for endotracheal intubation. However, LMA Fastrach(®) frequently used for this purpose; hence in this randomized study, success rate of blind tracheal intubation through two different SADs i-gel(®) and LMA Fastrach(®) was evaluated. The complications if any were also studied.