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Anestesia Analgesia Reanimación
On-line version ISSN 1688-1273
Abstract
BARRIOS, Jorge and KRAPIENIS BARRIOS, Laura. Dispositivos supraglóticos. Anest Analg Reanim [online]. 2010, vol.23, n.1, pp.30-45. ISSN 1688-1273.
SUMMARY The airway management is always a subject of conceern for all the anesthesiologists. In 1992 the American Society of Anesthesiology created a group of difficult airway management and its Task Force. Supraglottic devices created and development in different period of time, are in all of the guidelines of difficult airway ; but they are use more often in the scheduled anesthesiologist practice. This study describes the different supraglottic devices, their characteristics, as well as their advantages and limitations.
Keywords : Supraglotic devices; comitube; air-q; laryngeal mask; laryngeal tube.