Archie Brain: celebrating 30 years of development in laryngeal mask airways

BioTechniques: Celebrating 30 years of methods development.

Comparison of the Laryngeal Mask Airways: Laryngeal Mask Airway-classic and Laryngeal Mask Airway-proseal in Children

Introduction In the past 25 years with the development of various supraglottic airway devices, the armamentarium for airway management has increased. In our study, the laryngeal mask airway (LMA)-ProSeal is compared with the LMA-Classic with respect to as follows: (a) Ease of insertion and number of insertion attempts, (b) Device positional stability and possible oropharyngeal leak, (c) Airway ...

Critically injured patients, inaccessible airways, and laryngeal mask airways.

Managing the airway of a critically injured trauma patient in the prehospital environment is challenging, especially when access to the patient's airway is limited as is often the case in vehicle entrapment incidents. This paper reports the use of the laryngeal mask airway as an adjunct to airway management when attempts using simple airway management techniques have failed to provide adequate ...

The Laryngeal Mask Airway – First Class on Difficult Airways

Airway management is one of the most essential skills in the practice of anesthesiology and inability to secure the airway is one of the most common reasons for major anesthesia-related complications. By far the most important recent contribution to airway management has been the introduction of the Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) into clinical practice. The LMA was conceived and designed by Dr. Ar...

AI and Education: Celebrating 30 Years of Marriage

This article describes contributions that artificial intelligence (AI) has made and needs to continue to make towards long-term educational goals. The article articulates two challenges in education that require the use of AI: personalizing teaching and learning 21st century skills. This article first describes AI and some of its history and then suggests why AI is invaluable to development of ...