Use of laryngeal mask airway in a patient requiring continuous positive airway pressure: a case report

H Liu; J S Jahr; A Thornton; R Allen

Use of laryngeal mask airway in a patient requiring continuous positive airway pressure: a case report

J Clin Anesth. 1999 Sep;11(6):490-3.

Authors

H Liu¹, J S Jahr, A Thornton, R Allen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.

PMID: 10526829

Abstract

The successful use of a laryngeal mask airway over a 48-hour period is reported in a patient with partial upper airway obstruction who required continuous positive airway pressure.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Airway Obstruction / physiopathology*
Airway Obstruction / surgery
Humans
Laryngeal Masks*
Lung / surgery
Male
Positive-Pressure Respiration*
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology*
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery
Tracheostomy