Baby cuff as a reason for laryngeal mask airway cuff malfunction during airway management for anesthesia

Placement of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is a blind procedure without requiring laryngoscopy. The reported success rate for LMA insertion at the first attempt is almost 95%; however, many functioning LMAs may not be in an ideal anatomic place. It seems that disposable LMAs have more stable cuff pres...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
Main Authors: Jafar Rahimi Panahi, Ata Mahmoodpoor, Samad E J Golzari, Hassan Soleimanpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Subjects:
Anesthesia
cuff
laryngeal mask airway
malfunction
Online Access:http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2014;volume=8;issue=3;spage=406;epage=407;aulast=Panahi
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Summary:Placement of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is a blind procedure without requiring laryngoscopy. The reported success rate for LMA insertion at the first attempt is almost 95%; however, many functioning LMAs may not be in an ideal anatomic place. It seems that disposable LMAs have more stable cuff pressure compared to reusable LMAs; therefore, Anesthesiologists should bear in mind this fact when using reusable LMAs to achieve a proper sealing and safe airway management. In this report, we introduced a case with malfunction of LMA cuff during the airway management.
ISSN:1658-354X

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