Airway complications in infants: comparison of laryngeal mask airway and the facemask-oral airway
Airway complications in infants: comparison of laryngeal mask airway and the facemask-oral airway
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DOI:
10.1007/bf03020944
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发表时间:
2000-04-01
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Casey, W
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Harnett, M;Kinirons, B;Casey, W
Purpose: To compare the incidence of airway complications in children less than one year of age whose airways were maintained during anesthesia with either a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) or a facemask and oral airway (FM-OA),Methods: We randomized 49 - ASA class 1&2 - infants to an LMA or FM-OA group. All infants were undergoing minor general, urological or orthopedic procedures, Anesthesia was induced and maintained with halothane in nitrous oxide 50% and oxygen. The airway was. removed in both groups when the infant was awake. The occurrence of airway complications (breath-holding, coughing, laryngospasm, secretions, obstruction and oxygen saturation < 95%) at induction of anesthesia, intraoperatively and during emergence from anesthesia was recorded.Results: Airway complications occurred perioperaively in 15 of 27 infants in the LMA group and in 5 of 22 infants in the FM-OA group (P :0.02).Conclusion: In infants, the use of the LMA is associated with an increased incidence of airway complications compared with the use of the FM-OA.