STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency of gastroesophageal regurgitation and respiratory mechanics during positive pressure ventilation using 5 supraglottic devices or an endotracheal tube (ETT). DESIGN Prospective, randomized study. SETTING Operating rooms in a university-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS 180 ASA physical status I and II patients, aged 18 to 65 years old, who underwent...

Prune belly syndrome (PBS) is a rare congenital disease presenting characteristic triad of abdominal muscle deficiency, urinary tract abnormality, and cryptorchidism with associated anomalies various systems. We report the anesthetic management an infant PBS no obvious facial deformity in whom we encountered unanticipated difficult airway. Multiple attempts to secure airway different supraglott...

Haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder with variable deficiency of Factor VIII in the plasma and is characterised by bleeding into joints, muscles and tissues either spontaneously or in response to trivial trauma. Perioperative care requires multidisciplinary involvement. Perioperative management involves the risk of excessive bleeding from surgical site as well as spontaneous bleeding i...

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW During the last two years, several studies have enhanced our knowledge about the influence of pharmacological agents and routine airway management manoeuvres on the airway of paediatric patients. New supraglottic airway devices have been introduced into routine paediatric anaesthesia practice, and the design of paediatric endotracheal tubes has been modified. This review s...

Supraglottic airway devices are developed with increasing frequency following the overwhelming success of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA). Currently, the LMA, the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway (PLMA), the laryngeal tube (LT), the laryngeal tube with integrated suctioning tube (LTS) and the oesophageal tracheal combitube (OTC) are the best evaluated and most widespread devices. Both the LMA and ...

Laryngeal masks are invasive devices for airway management placed in the supraglottic position. The Shiley™ laryngeal mask (Shiley™ LM) features an integrated inflation tube and airway shaft to facilitate product insertion and reduce the chance of tube occlusion when patients bite down. This study compared the Shiley LM to two other disposable laryngeal mask devices, the Ambu® AuraStraight™ and...

BACKGROUND In 1999, the laryngeal tube (VBM Medizintechnik, Sulz, Germany) was introduced as a new supraglottic airway. It was designed to allow either spontaneous breathing or controlled ventilation during anaesthesia; additionally it may serve as an alternative to endotracheal intubation, or bag-mask ventilation during resuscitation. Several variations of this supraglottic airway exist. In ou...

BACKGROUND The Scandinavian society of anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine task force on pre-hospital airway management was asked to formulate recommendations following standards for trustworthy clinical practice guidelines. METHODS The literature was systematically reviewed and the grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation (GRADE) system was applied to move fr...