Tracheal intubation in morbidly obese patients: a comparison of the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway™ and Laryngeal Mask Airway CTrach™*
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Z. M. Solak; Zehra İpek Arslan; Tulay Sahin Yildiz; Kamil Toker; D. Özdamar
- Source
- Anaesthesia. 67:261-265
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Glottis
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Tracheal intubation
Pharyngitis
Surgery
Laryngeal Masks
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Laryngeal mask airway
Anesthesia
Breathing
medicine
Sore throat
Intubation
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway™ (ILMA) and Laryngeal Mask Airway CTrach™ (LMA CTrach) in facilitating tracheal intubation in morbidly obese patients. Eighty patients (body mass index >40 kg x m(-2)) were randomly allocated to the ILMA or the LMA CTrach. The median (IQR [range]) total time taken for tracheal intubation was shorter with the ILMA than with the LMA CTrach (78 (63-105 [40-265]) s vs 128 (98-221 [60-423]) s, respectively; p