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Rotational Vs. Standard Smooth Laryngeal Mask Airway Insertion In Adults, Dileep Kumar, Mueenullah Khan, Muhammad Ishaq
Rotational Vs. Standard Smooth Laryngeal Mask Airway Insertion In Adults, Dileep Kumar, Mueenullah Khan, Muhammad Ishaq
Department of Anaesthesia
OBJECTIVE: To compare the ease of insertion between rotational laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion and Brain's LMA insertion technique in terms of number of LMA insertion attempts, time duration of LMA insertion and complications: trauma, laryngospasm, and hypoxaemia.
STUDY DESIGN: Randomized control study.
PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from September 2006 to May 2007.
METHODOLOGY: One hundred ASA I and II adults undergoing short elective surgical procedures requiring general anaesthesia with spontaneous breathing were enrolled. Following pre-oxygenation, anaesthesia was induced with propofol 2 mg/kg and fentanyl 2 mug/kg. Patients were randomly assigned into one …