Open AccessEffect of immobilised cervical spine on oropharyngeal sealing pressure with Ambu AuraGain™ Supraglottic airway: A randomised crossover trial
Author(s) -
Duraiyarassu Uthaman,
Suman Lata Gupta,
Sandeep Kumar Mishra,
Satyen Parida,
Prasanna Udupi Bidkar,
Muthupillai Senthilnathan
Publication year - 2019
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_787_18
Subject(s) - medicine , glottis , cervical collar , insertion time , airway , intubation , collar , anesthesia , surgery , supraglottic airway , crossover study , larynx , cervical spine , airway management , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering , placebo
Ambu ® AuraGain™ laryngeal airway (AuraGain) is one of the newer supraglottic airway device introduced in 2014. Cervical spine stabilisation with hard cervical collar makes insertion of supraglottic airways and tracheal intubation difficult. This study was conducted to investigate whether the presence of a cervical collar affects the oropharyngeal sealing pressure (OSP) and fibreoptic view of the glottis (Brimacombe score) in airways secured with the AuraGain.