title: Evidence of pulmonary aspiration during difficult airway management of a morbidly obese patient with the LMA CTrach.
abstract: We describe a pulmonary aspiration that occurred during tracheal intubation with the LMA CTrach (SEBAC, Pantin, France) in a male morbidly obese patient (178 cm height, BMI=48 kg m(-2)) admitted for elective gastric banding. Our report suggests that manipulations of the CTrach such as Up-manoeuvre may lead to pulmonary aspiration in the case of regurgitated gastric content.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jean Verdier University Hospital of Paris (APHP), Av du 14 Juillet, 93143 Bondy, France. Paris 13 School of Medicine, 93000 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Abdi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ndoko
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amathieu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dhonneur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D017214:Laryngeal Masks / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration / Q000209:etiology*