title: The laryngeal mask airway in children. A fibreoptic assessment of positioning.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rowbottom
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grubb
mesh_terms: 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