title: Modified Laryngeal Mask Airway--a useful aid to fiberoptic intubation.
abstract: Modified Laryngeal Mask (MLMA) aided fiberoptic intubation (FOI) using larger than 6 mm ID endotracheal tube was studied in 25 adult patients and compared to unaided FOI in another 25 patients. MLMA aided FOI was successful in 96% cases compared to 56% in the unaided group. Furthermore, the time to successful intubation was increased by 67.1% when FOI was attempted without MLMA aid which was statistically significant (P < 0.001). However, maximum fluctuations in the heart rate and mean arterial pressure in the immediate post-intubation period were statistically insignificant between the groups. We conclude that MLMA not only adds to success rate of FOI but also significantly reduce the FOI time in adult patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maroof
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siddique
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Bhatti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks