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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Supreme laryngeal mask airway (S-LMA) has been improved in recent years, but comparative studies with a sizeable number of paediatric patients are limited in number. In this study, oropharyngeal leak pressures (OLPs) were compared between S-LMA and ProSeal laryngeal mask airway (P-LMA) in paediatric patients. METHODS: After obtaining approval from the ethics committee and written informed consent from the relatives of the patients, 60 patients, from 9 months to 5 years of age and 10-20 kg in weight, who were recommended for elective surgery were included in this prospective and randomised study. The patients were assigned to the S-LMA and P-LMA groups. OLP, insertion times, success rates, ease of airway device placement, fibre optical assessment, success rates and insertion times of an orogastric tube (OGT) were compared. RESULTS: P-LMA was placed successfully in all the patients. One patient was intubated in the S-LMA group. The outcomes of a total of 59 patients were analysed. The insertion times of the airway devices were shorter in the S-LMA group than in the P-LMA group (S-LMA; 12.2 ± 2.9, P-LMA; 15.4 ± 3.7 s) (P = 0.001). The first insertion attempts of airway device placement were similar. The OLPs were similar (P-LMA; 17.2 ± 2.3, S-LMA; 16.4 ± 1.7 cm H2 O). The fibre-optically determined anatomic position was better in the P-LMA group (P = 0.02). The insertion time of the OGT was shorter with S-LMA than with P-LMA (P = 0.01). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that S-LMA has OLPs similar to those of P-LMA in paediatric patients and that S-LMA provides successful positive pressure ventilation.
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Máscaras Laríngeas , Manejo de la Vía Aérea/instrumentación , Manejo de la Vía Aérea/métodos , Anestesia por Inhalación , Dióxido de Carbono/metabolismo , Preescolar , Femenino , Tecnología de Fibra Óptica , Humanos , Lactante , Complicaciones Intraoperatorias/epidemiología , Intubación Gastrointestinal/instrumentación , Intubación Gastrointestinal/métodos , Intubación Intratraqueal/instrumentación , Intubación Intratraqueal/métodos , Laringe/anatomía & histología , Masculino , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/epidemiología , Respiración Artificial , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is a life-threatening disorder, which is usually associated with stenosis or occlusion of celiac or mesenteric arteries. PURPOSE: To review our experience and to assess short-term results of stent placement in stenotic mesenteric arteries. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Primary stent placement was performed in 15 patients who had nausea, vomiting, postprandial pain, and weight loss due to steno-occlusive diseases of mesenteric arteries. After stenting, the patients were followed clinically and with Doppler ultrasound at 1, 6, and 12 months. Symptomatic patients with restenosis were examined with digital subtraction angiography and were referred for retreatment with balloon dilatation. RESULTS: Twenty-three stenoses and 11 occlusions were detected in 15 patients, and 18 stenoses were treated with primary stenting. Single-vessel endovascular treatment was performed in 12 patients. In three patients, two arteries were stented in the same session. Technical success rate was 18/18 (100%). Clinical success was achieved in 13/15 (86.6%) patients. First-month mortality was 13%. During the mean 16.1-month follow-up period, restenoses developed in three patients. One of them was successfully treated with balloon angioplasty. Primary patency was 9/11 (81%) and primary assisted patency was 81% at 12 months. The complication rate was 1/15 patients (0.06%). CONCLUSION: Our experience suggests that stent placement has a potential role in chronic mesenteric ischemia with low incidence of complications and high technical and clinical success rates.
