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Positive Pressure Ventilation with the ProSeal Versus Classic Laryngeal Mask Airway: A Randomized, Crossover Study of Healthy Female Patients

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria; and *Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cairns Base Hospital, The Esplanade, Cairns, Australia

Address correspondence to Prof. Joseph Brimacombe, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cairns Base Hospital, The Esplanade, Cairns 4870, Australia. Address e-mail to jbrimacombe@ austarnet.com.au.

Abstract

IMPLICATIONS: The ProSeal and classic laryngeal mask airways are equally effective ventilatory devices in healthy female patients at tidal volumes of 8 and 12 mL/kg with the cuff semi- or fully inflated, but leakage of small volumes of air from the mouth occurs more frequently with the laryngeal mask airway.

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