Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Gonçalo Almeida

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• Review Article
  Supraglottic Airway Devices: A Review in a New Era of Airway Management
  Author(s): Gonçalo Almeida, António Carlos Costa and Humberto S Machado Gonçalo Almeida, António Carlos Costa and Humberto S Machado
  
  ‘Supraglottic Airway Devices’ refers to a broad set of medical devices capable of acting as a passageway for ventilation, oxygenation and administration of anaesthetic gases. Their adoption has increased gradually over the last decades, having become a fundamental tool in modern anaesthesiology. Brain's 'Laryngeal Mask Airway', introduced in 1983, marked the beginning of a revolution as a new method for airway management, ultimately replacing tracheal intubation as the most used. Initially targeted for simple procedures, supraglottic airway devices (SADs) have been gaining new indications, as many advanced models were introduced with specific designs for better ventilatory performance and higher patient safety. SADs also prove to be useful in critical scenarios both in emergencies, as rescue airways in difficult intubation. Their higher ease and speed of insert.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000647

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