The laryngeal mask airway in children. A fibreoptic assessment of positioning.
Clinical and fibreoptic assessment of the positioning of the laryngeal mask airway was performed in 100 children. Clinical observation indicated a patent airway in 98% and severe airway obstruction in 2% of cases. Perfect positioning, as judged by fibreoptic laryngoscopy, was found in 49% and the epiglottis was within the mask in 49%. Fibreoptic evidence of partial airway obstruction in 17% was not detected clinically.
Rowbottom
S J
SJ
Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Simpson
D L
DL
Grubb
D
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D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007440:Intubation; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx; D008297:Male; D008397:Masks