title: Use of laryngeal mask airway in a patient requiring continuous positive airway pressure: a case report.
abstract: The successful use of a laryngeal mask airway over a 48-hour period is reported in a patient with partial upper airway obstruction who required continuous positive airway pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jahr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy