Awake use of a new laryngeal mask prototype in a non-fasted patient requiring urgent peripheral vascular surgery.
This case illustrates that a new prototype laryngeal mask with high seal pressures can be placed in the awake patient with minimal cardiorespiratory changes and that it facilitates passage of a nasogastric tube.
Department of Anaesthesia, University School of Medicine LIU, Rome, Italy.
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Agrò
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Carassiti
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Cataldo
D000368:Aged; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D004867:Equipment Design; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome