LMA /IPPV - personal experience - 45 mins to 1 hour procedure.
Make sure pt has amodified mallampati class 1 airway so that you can emergently intubate if necessary. I leave out obese pts, GERD and other conditions prone for regurgitation.
Premed always includes H2 receptor antagonists and prokinetics
With classic LMA i limit the inflation pressure to 20. Still experimenting with proseal LMA
Always ensure that with LMA i mandatorily monitor the ETCO2, esp with spont we need to tinker around a bit to keep the values at acceptable levels
I think this is followed in most of the centres
Make sure pt has amodified mallampati class 1 airway so that you can emergently intubate if necessary. I leave out obese pts, GERD and other conditions prone for regurgitation.
Premed always includes H2 receptor antagonists and prokinetics
With classic LMA i limit the inflation pressure to 20. Still experimenting with proseal LMA
Always ensure that with LMA i mandatorily monitor the ETCO2, esp with spont we need to tinker around a bit to keep the values at acceptable levels
I think this is followed in most of the centres