The laryngeal mask airway | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由DTrevisanuto著作·2004·被引用60次—Inameta-analysisincluding52randomisedprospectivetrials,theadvantagesoftheLMAoverthefacemaskincluded:easierplacementbyinexperienced ...

The ability to maintain a patent airway and provide effective positive pressure ventilation (PPV) is the main objective of neonatal resuscitation and all anaesthesiological procedures.1–6 This is currently achieved with the use of a face mask or an endotracheal tube. Both of these devices have major limitations from a strictly anatomical point of view and require adequate operator skills. In certain situations, both face mask ventilation and tracheal intubation may prove difficult to establish, especially in patients with congenital abnormalities of the upper airway.1,7[1][2]

In 1981, Archie Brain designed the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) with the aim of producing an airway device that would be more practical than the face mask and less invasive than the tracheal tube. The functional elegance of the LMA is that it forms a low pressure airtight se...