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Supraglottic airway devices : An update

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

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Tags

Anaesthesiology

Advisors

Marzouq, Sahar A. , El-Khouli, Jihan A. , Abou-El-Dahab, Hesham A.

Authors

Sarhan, Khaled Abdel-Fattah

Accessioned

2017-07-12 06:41:15

Available

2017-07-12 06:41:15

type

M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

The revolutionary advances of modern anesthetic practice started sincethe development of tracheal intubation, for decades airwaymanagement focused on providing ventilation by bag and mask,laryngoscopy and intubation.This attitude has changed after the introduction of the laryngeal maskairway, which can be denoted as a milestone in the field of airwaymanagement.Supraglottic airway devices have become a standard fixture in airwaymanagement, filling a niche between the face mask and tracheal tube.There are a large number of supraglottic airway devices, some of whichappear similar to the LMA family and others that work under a differentconcept.Examples :LMA classic , LMA Unique, the Ambu Laryngeal Mask, thePortex Soft Seal Laryngeal Mask, LMA ProSeal, the LMA Fastrach , theLMA CTrach, the Laryngeal Tube (LT), the air- Q and the I-gel airway.

Issued

1 Jan 2014

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/36438

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Type

Thesis

Created At

31 Jan 2023