Brown NI, Mack PF, Mitera DM, Dhar P. Use of the ProSeal™ laryngeal mask airway in a pregnant patient with a difficult airway during electroconvulsive therapy.
Br J Anaesth 2003;
91:752-4. [PMID:
14570805 DOI:
10.1093/bja/aeg227]
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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.
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