Open AccessA study of effect of lateral position on oropharyngeal seal pressure of i-gel® and ProSeal™ LMA in children
Author(s) -
Deepali Thakur,
Anila D Malde
Publication year - 2020
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/ija.ija_635_19
Subject(s) - supine position , medicine , anesthesia , tidal volume , laryngeal mask airway , airway , surgery , nuclear medicine , respiratory system , anatomy
Supraglottic airways (SGAs) should have good oropharyngeal seal pressures (OSP) for adequate ventilation and prevention of aspiration. Our aim was to study the effect of lateral position on OSP and thereby on ventilatory parameters for i-gel ® and ProSeal™ laryngeal mask airway (PLMA) in children.