title: Pressure support ventilation with the I-gel in intensive care unit: case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The I-gel supraglottic airway has a non-inflatable cuff made from a gel-like thermoplastic elastomer. The use of the I-gel during anesthesia for spontaneously breathing patients or intermittent positive pressure ventilation has been reported. But there are a few published reports about the use of the I-gel with pressure-controlled ventilation.
  In this case report we described the use of the I-gel supraglottic airway along 48h in intensive care unit for the management of ventilation in a patient needed mechanic ventilation but in whom tracheal intubation could not be performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: belginakan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Belgin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahinur Demet
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akdur
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gogus
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Difficult airway; I-Gel; Intensive care unit; LMA; Manuseio das vias aéreas; Máscaras laríngeas; Pressure-controlled ventilation; Unidade de terapia intensiva; Ventilação com pressão positiva intermitente