• Br J Anaesth · Nov 2003

    Case Reports

    Use of the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway in a pregnant patient with a difficult airway during electroconvulsive therapy.

    • N Ivascu Brown, Mack P Fogarty PF, D M Mitera, and P Dhar.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
    • Br J Anaesth. 2003 Nov 1; 91 (5): 752-4.

    AbstractWe describe a patient at 20-22 weeks gestation, with a known difficult airway, who underwent eight sessions of electroconvulsive therapy using the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway and controlled ventilation. The airway management options for brief periods of general anaesthesia in patients with increased gastric volume are discussed.

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