title: Failure of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) to ventilate patients with severe tracheal stenosis.
abstract: The Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) was used during the resuscitation process in two patients with severe tracheal stenosis. In both cases the LMA failed to restore ventilation and both succumbed as a result of hypoxemic cardiac arrest.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000150:complications; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy