Search strategy (including electronic databases searched). Pub Med[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/], “Laryngeal Masks or Laryngeal Mask, or Laryngeal Mask Airway or LMA” AND “Infant or Newborn or Neonate” as MESH (headings) AND “cardiopulmonary resuscitation or neonatal resuscitation or resuscitation” text word in abstract. Intubation, intra$. Mp or exp Intubation, Intratracheal as MeSH Hea...

First, do no harm! For our profession, this means that our most important concern must be patient safety. In a world with limited resources, the quest for safety is in constant conflict with the demand for efficiency. Ultimately, it is a trade-off of production pressure against safety. This conflict has a distinct problem: whereas production can be measured quite easily, safety only becomes vis...

We have compared in 25 patients ease of placement of the conventional and intubating laryngeal masks while the patient's head and neck were stabilized by a manual in-line method, in a randomized, crossover study. After induction of anaesthesia and neuromuscular block, the masks were placed in turn. Adequacy of ventilation and ease of placement (using a 10-cm visual analogue scale (VAS)) were as...

results participants in all groups were similar in terms of gender, age, weight, height, and mallampati class. the mean ± sd of sbps (105.62 ± 12.12, 112.90 ± 12.2, and 112.48 ± 15.14 mm hg, respectively for ett, lma-c, and lma-s) and dbps (64.64 ± 10.23, 73.78 ± 9.70, and 71.20 ± 12.27 mm hg, respectively for ett, lma-c, and lma-s) were significantly lower in the ett group compared to lma grou...

BACKGROUND To prevent endothelium and nerve lesions, tracheal tube and laryngeal mask cuff pressure is to be maintained at a low level and yet be high enough to secure air sealing. METHOD In a prospective quality-control study, 201 patients undergoing surgery during anaesthesia (without the use of nitrous oxide) were included for determination of the cuff pressure of the tracheal tubes and la...