TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of the paediatric airway
T2 - New developments
AU - Brambrink, Ansgar M.
AU - Meyer, Roland R.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - During the last 2 years, some interesting new devices have been made available to improve airway management in children and infants, and several studies have advanced our understanding concerning risks and benefits of the current practice in the field. Certain risk factors for airway related problems during anaesthesia in children having a cold have been identified, and new aspects of the controversy concerning the use of cuffed endotracheal tubes in children presented. Novel video-assisted systems have been introduced for the management of the difficult airway in paediatric patients, and new applications for well known devices have been suggested, such as the laryngeal mask airway serving as guidance for fibreoptic intubation. Recent studies also demonstrated specific problems with the laryngeal mask airway in infants, as well as the advantages of a new prototypic laryngeal mask airway for children, similar to the ProSealTM (LMA International S.A. Group, USA). Furthermore, the following review presents new data about the use of the cuffed oropharyngeal airway, the laryngeal tube, and the Arndt bronchus blocker in paediatric patients.
AB - During the last 2 years, some interesting new devices have been made available to improve airway management in children and infants, and several studies have advanced our understanding concerning risks and benefits of the current practice in the field. Certain risk factors for airway related problems during anaesthesia in children having a cold have been identified, and new aspects of the controversy concerning the use of cuffed endotracheal tubes in children presented. Novel video-assisted systems have been introduced for the management of the difficult airway in paediatric patients, and new applications for well known devices have been suggested, such as the laryngeal mask airway serving as guidance for fibreoptic intubation. Recent studies also demonstrated specific problems with the laryngeal mask airway in infants, as well as the advantages of a new prototypic laryngeal mask airway for children, similar to the ProSealTM (LMA International S.A. Group, USA). Furthermore, the following review presents new data about the use of the cuffed oropharyngeal airway, the laryngeal tube, and the Arndt bronchus blocker in paediatric patients.
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U2 - 10.1097/00001503-200206000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00001503-200206000-00009
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17019221
AN - SCOPUS:0036263764
SN - 0952-7907
VL - 15
SP - 329
EP - 337
JO - Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology
JF - Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology
IS - 3
ER -