• Br J Anaesth · Jun 1996

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    Removal of the laryngeal mask airway in children: anaesthetized compared with awake.

    • A J Kitching, A R Walpole, and C E Blogg.
    • Nuffield Department of Anaethetics, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
    • Br J Anaesth. 1996 Jun 1;76(6):874-6.

    AbstractWe studied 60 children, aged 12 months to 8 yr, undergoing plastic surgery under general anaesthesia supplemented by regional anaesthesia. Patients were allocated randomly to have the laryngeal mask airway removed either on awakening or while anaesthetized. Subsequent observation of respiratory factors and oxygen saturation showed a significant difference between the groups for coughing (P < 0.001), with a greater incidence (17 of 33) in the awake group compared with those from whom the laryngeal mask airway was removed while anaesthetized (two of 27). There were no differences in the incidences of laryngospasm, desaturation (< 95%) and excess salivation between the groups. Removed of the laryngeal mask airway during deep anaesthesia reduced coughing in the immediate postoperative period.

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