Awake use of a new laryngeal mask prototype in a non-fasted patient requiring urgent peripheral vascular surgery.

Agrò, F; Brimacombe, J; Brain, A I; Carassiti, M; Cataldo, R · Resuscitation · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

This case illustrates that a new prototype laryngeal mask with high seal pressures can be placed in the awake patient with minimal cardiorespiratory changes and that it facilitates passage of a nasogastric tube.

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