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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2001, Vol. 86, No. 1 122-124
© 2001 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Influence of head and neck position on cuff position and oropharyngeal sealing pressure with the laryngeal mask airway in children

K. Okuda, G. Inagawa, T. Miwa and K. Hiroki*

Department of Anesthesiology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, 2-138-4 Mutsukawa, Minamiku, Yokohama, Japan*Corresponding author

{dagger} LMA is the property of Intavent Limited.

We studied how head and neck position affect the cuff position and oropharyngeal sealing pressures of the laryngeal mask airways (LMAs) in children. We studied 39 non-paralyzed healthy children aged 1.5–8.0 yr, weighing 10.3–27.0 kg, managed with size 2 or 2.5 LMAs during elective surgery. Head and neck movements did not adversely affect airway patency in 97% of patients. One child developed apparent airway obstruction with head and neck flexion, which was relieved in the neutral position. Oropharyngeal sealing pressure was significantly greater during neck flexion compared with the neutral position (P<0.02). Fibreoptic examination revealed that the epiglottis covered a larger area of the LMA aperture during neck flexion, compared with the neutral position (P<0.02).

Br J Anaesth 2001; 86: 122–4


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