Aysun Ankay YILBAŞ, Betül BAŞARAN, Filiz ÜZÜMCÜGİL, Başak AKÇA, Murat İZGİ, Özgür CANBAY

Comparison of i-gel, LMA-supreme, LMA-classic and LMAproseal as conduits of endotracheal intubation in newborns and infants: A manikin study

Many types of supraglottic airway devices (SAD) including the traditionalLMA (Laryngeal Mask Airway) are commonly used as conduits for intubationin pediatric patients with difficult airway. The aim of this study was toevaluate the feasibility of four types of commonly used neonatal and infantsized SADs as conduits of intubation. Fiberoptic-guided tracheal intubationwith uncuffed, cuffed and armored uncuffed endotracheal tubes (ETT) sizedbetween 2.5 and 4.5 through four commonly used types of size 1 and 1.5SADs (i-gel, LMA-classic, LMA-supreme, LMA-proseal) were performed bytwo investigators on an infant manikin. The investigators scored two mainoutcomes with a 5-point scale: 1) passage of ETT during intubation throughthe SAD, and 2) passage of SAD over the ETT during SAD removal. Thedifferences between the study groups were evaluated using the Bonferroniadjusted Mann-Whitney U test and p

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