Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway in Morbidly Obese and Lean Patients A Comparative Study

• Published in: Anesthesiology (Philadelphia) Vol. 102; no. 6; pp. 1106 - 1109
• Main Authors: Combes, Xavier, Sauvat, Stéphane, Leroux, Bertrand, Dumerat, Marc, Sherrer, Emanuel, Motamed, Cyrus, Brain, Archie, D’Honneur, Gilles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott 01.06.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anesthesia; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Humans; Laryngeal Masks - standards; Laryngeal Masks - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Obesity, Morbid - epidemiology; Prospective Studies; Thinness - epidemiology; Human; Obesity; Nutrition disorder; Mask; Anesthesia; Nutritional status; Comparative study

The intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA) was designed using the characteristics of healthy-weight subjects but was shown to be an effective airway device in morbidly obese patients. The authors compared airway management quality in morbidly obese and lean patients with use of the ILMA. Fifty morb...