LMA with positive pressure ventilation is safe!

LMA with positive pressure ventilation is safe!

Corresponding author: Nicole Riem, M.D., Department of Anesthesia, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada. Tel: 1-416-864-5071, Fax: 1-416-864-6014, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), ...

Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation.

Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson on July 23 1986. That day also saw the first use in the United Kingdom of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation by nasal mask. Aged about fifty years, the patient had suffered pulmonary tuberculosis as a youngster and, in the days before antituberculous chemotherapy, had been treated with bilateral pneumothoraces, phrenic crush and finally an apical tho...

Comparison between LMA-Classic and AMBU AuraOnce laryngeal mask airway in patients undergoing elective general anaesthesia with positive pressure ventilation.

BACKGROUND The LMA-Classic laryngeal mask airway (Classic LMA) is an autoclavable and reusable laryngeal mask airway with strong evidence supporting its efficacy and safety. Due to the concern of infection risk particularly of prion disease, various single-use laryngeal mask devices were developed. The Ambu AuraOnce LMA (Ambu LMA) is a single use disposable laryngeal mask airway with special de...

Complications of Positive Pressure Ventilation

The adaptation of mechanical ventilators for use in the neonatal population brought about a dramatic breakthrough in the care of premature infants. Further refinements and the development of technologies such as high-frequency ventilation combined with exogenous surfactant have further pushed back the boundaries of survival. Despite these advances, mechanical ventilation is not without risk. Ba...

Positive pressure ventilation. Alternate modes.