title: [A multicenter study for evaluating a new intubating laryngeal mask airway].
abstract: A multicenter study was performed to evaluate the success of endotracheal intubation using an intubating laryngeal mask (ILM, Fastrach) in patients in ASA status I or II, aged 20 years or more, who underwent general anesthesia. A total of 191 patients were studied, and 24 of them were estimated difficult to intubate by the ordinary method with laryngoscope. Endotracheal intubation was successfully performed through ILM in 162 of the 191 (success rate of 84.8%). The mean time required for intubation in these successful cases was 19.1 seconds. The success rate did not depend on the clinical experience of anesthesiologists, and the individual success rate was improved as they became more experienced. Of the 24 patients who had been estimated difficult to intubate with laryngoscope, 23 were successfully intubated with success rate of 95.8%. In summary, endotracheal intubation through ILM was easy regardless of the anesthesiologist's experience, and seemed to be valuable for patients who were difficult to intubate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amaha
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukutome
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017214:Laryngeal Masks / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged