THE INTUBATING LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY - AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE

Citation
A. Kapila et al., THE INTUBATING LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY - AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 79(6), 1997, pp. 710-713
Citations number
19
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
79
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
710 - 713
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1997)79:6<710:TILMA->2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A new prototype of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), the intubating lar yngeal mask airway (ILMA), was used to facilitate tracheal intubation in 100 fasted patients presenting for elective surgery. Alignment of t he ILMA with the larynx was assessed fibreoptically before intubation without the investigator performing the intubation being aware of the view score. Ease of intubation correlated with the view obtained and w ith the degree of manipulation of the ILMA needed to achieve tracheal intubation. Intubation was successful in 93 patients. Of the seven int ubation failures, five occurred in the first 20 patients. Conventional connection to the breathing system and ventilation of the lungs of th e patients were possible throughout the intubation procedure.