title: Emergency intubation through the laryngeal mask airway. The effective application of cricoid pressure.
abstract: A patient with Kugelberg-Welander disease presented as an unexpected difficult intubation. Tracheal intubation was achieved through the laryngeal mask airway, while regurgitation was prevented with continuous cricoid pressure. Regurgitation occurred after cricoid pressure was released.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Swayne
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Greenslade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal; D011312:Pressure