The PAXpress airway causes more pharyngeal irritation than the reusable laryngeal mask airway

AANA Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-125

  Goodman, Evan J ^a   Ziegler, E Jane ^b   Douglas, Allen M ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c Euclid Hospital Cleveland Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Laryngeal mask airway; PAXpress; Reusable; Reuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL RECORD; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SORE THROAT; STANDARD;

EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34147214418     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Dimitriou V, Voyagis GS, Iatrou C. A comparison of the PAXpress and face mask plus Guedel airway by inexperienced personnel after mannequin-only training. Anesth Analg. 2003;96:1214-1217.
2. Huda W, Khan RM, Maroof M. Evaluation of a new airway device - the pharyngeal airway/PAXpress - for ambulatory anesthesia. Presented at the SAMBA Annual Meeting; May 2001; Palm Springs, Calif. Abstract 11.
3. Brimacombe JR, Brimacombe JC, Berry AM, et al. A comparison of the laryngeal mask airway and cuffed oropharyngeal airway in anesthetized adult patients. Anesth Analg. 1998;87:147-152.
4. Alexander CA, Leach AB. Incidence of sore throats with the laryngeal mask [letter]. Anaesthesia. 1989;44:791.
5. Janssens M, Marechal J. The laryngeal mask: Liege experience. Acta Anaesth Belg. 1991;42:199-206.
6. Nott MR, Noble PD, Parmar M. Reducing the incidence of sore throat with the laryngeal mask airway. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 1998;15:153-157.