A Comparison of the Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) - Unique and LMA-Supreme in Children

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Conditions studied: Laryngeal Mask Airway in Children

In brief

The aim of this randomized prospective study is to compare two single-use laryngeal mask airways the LMA Unique and the LMA Supreme, in pediatric patients. The investigators hypothesize that airway leak pressures with the LMA Supreme will be superior to the LMA Unique.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01653795

Run by

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

People needed

180

Starts

2012-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-20

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children undergoing general anesthesia using a supraglottic airway device

You may not qualify if…

• ASA class IV, V, Emergency procedures
• active respiratory infection
• known history of difficult mask ventilation
• a diagnosis of a congenital syndrome associated with difficult airway management
• airway abnormalities (e.g., laryngomalacia, subglottic stenosis)
• active gastrointestinal reflux
• coagulopathy
• clinically significant pulmonary disease(s)

Where it is running

• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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