Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Mar 2010
Effects of tracheal intubation on ventilation with LMA classic for percutaneous dilation tracheostomy.
The classic laryngeal mask airway (cLMATM) can be used in place of an endotracheal tube (ETT) as the ventilatory device during percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT). We aimed to investigate the possible loss of efficacy of cLMATM after tracheal intubation. ⋯ Efficacy of cLMATM was maintained after short tracheal intubation and decreased after long intubation.