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

N Ivascu Brown; P Fogarty Mack; D M Mitera; P Dhar

doi:10.1093/bja/aeg227

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

Br J Anaesth. 2003 Nov;91(5):752-4. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeg227.

Authors

N Ivascu Brown¹, P Fogarty Mack, D M Mitera, P Dhar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 14570805
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg227

Abstract

We 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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anesthesia, General / methods
Depressive Disorder / therapy*
Electroconvulsive Therapy / methods*
Female
Humans
Laryngeal Masks*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / therapy*