Journal article
Comparison of blind tracheal intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask airway (LMA Fastrach™) and the Air-Q
Anaesthesia, Vol.66(3), pp.185-190
03/2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06625.x
PMID: 21320087
Abstract
This study assessed two disposable devices, the LMA Fastrach™ and the newly developed supraglottic airway device, the Air-Q™, as a conduit for tracheal intubation in 154 healthy adults undergoing elective surgery. Using a non-inferiority approach, the primary outcome measure was successful tracheal intubation within two blind insertion attempts. Successful blind intubation after two attempts was achieved in 75/76 (99%) of the patients in the LMA Fastrach group vs 60/78 (77%) in the Air-Q group (95% CI for the difference 12-32%, p<0.0001). Fibreoptic intubation was used to assist the third attempt. The rate of successful intubation after three attempts was 100% in the LMA Fastrach group and 95% in Air-Q group. The single-use LMA Fastrach appears superior compared with the Air-Q, as a conduit to facilitate blind tracheal intubation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparison of blind tracheal intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask airway (LMA Fastrach™) and the Air-Q
- Creators
- Y M Karim - Department of Anesthesia, The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA. yasser-karim@uiowa.eduD E Swanson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Anaesthesia, Vol.66(3), pp.185-190
- Publisher
- England
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06625.x
- PMID
- 21320087
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
- eISSN
- 1365-2044
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2011
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984006369202771
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