The effect of the laryngeal mask airway on coughing after eye surgery under general anesthesia.
Twenty-nine patients scheduled for elective eye surgery under general anesthesia were randomized into two groups, A and B. After induction of anesthesia, the airway of those in group A was maintained with a conventional tracheal tube; in group B, with a laryngeal mask airway. In the immediate postoperative period, 13 of the 14 patients in group A coughed; none of those in group B did (P < .001).
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Heatherwood Hospital, Berkshire, England.
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D003371:Cough / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007830:Larynx; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011897:Random Allocation