Risk factors for difficult Laryngeal Mask Airway LMA-Supreme ™ (LMAS) placement in adults: a multicentric prospective observational study in an Italian population.
CONCLUSIONS: The alignment of the laryngeal and pharyngeal axes seems to facilitate the procedure, together with NMBA administration; on the contrary, Mallampati grade III-IV are associated with difficult LMAS placement.
PMID: 33591142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Anestesiologica - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Minerva Anestesiol Source Type: research
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