Laryngeal tube suction for airway management during in-hospital emergencies

Authors

  • Haitham Mutlak Goethe-University Hospital; Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy; Department of Anesthesiology
  • Christian Friedrich Weber Goethe-University Hospital; Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy; Department of Anesthesiology
  • Dirk Meininger Main-Kinzig-Kliniken; Department of Anesthesiology
  • Colleen Cuca Goethe-University Hospital; Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy; Department of Anesthesiology
  • Kai Zacharowski Goethe-University Hospital; Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy; Department of Anesthesiology
  • Christian Byhahn University of Oldenburg; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Campus; Evangelisches Krankenhaus
  • Richard Schalk Goethe-University Hospital; Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy; Department of Anesthesiology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2017(07)06

Keywords:

Difficult Airway Management, Laryngeal Tube, Supraglottic Airway Devices, In-Hospital Emergencies

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The role of supraglottic airway devices in emergency airway management is highlighted in international airway management guidelines. We evaluated the application of the new generation laryngeal tube suction (LTS-II/LTS-D) in the management of in-hospital unexpected difficult airway and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. METHODS: During a seven-year period, patients treated with a laryngeal tube who received routine anesthesia and had an unexpected difficult airway (Cormack Lehane Grade 3-4), who underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or who underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation outside the operating room and had a difficult airway were evaluated. Successful placement of the LTS II/LTS-D, sufficient ventilation, time to placement, number of placement attempts, stomach content, peripheral oxygen saturation/end-tidal carbon dioxide development (SpO2/etCO2) over 5 minutes, subjective overall assessment and complications were recorded. RESULTS: In total, 106 adult patients were treated using an LTS-II/LTS-D. The main indication for placement was a difficult airway (75%, n=80), followed by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (25%, n=26) or an overlap between both (18%, n=19). In 94% of patients (n=100), users placed the laryngeal tube during the first attempt. In 93% of patients (n=98), the tube was placed within 30 seconds. A significant increase in SpO2 from 97% (0-100) to 99% (5-100) was observed in the whole population and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation patients. The average initial etCO2 of 39.5 mmHg (0-100 mmHg) decreased significantly to an average of 38.4 mmHg (10-62 mmHg) after 5 minutes. A comparison of cardiopulmonary resuscitation patients with non-cardiopulmonary resuscitation patients regarding gastric contents showed no significant difference. CONCLUSIONS: LTS-D/LTS-II use for in-hospital unexpected difficult airway management provides a secure method for primary airway management until other options such as video laryngoscopy or fiber optic intubation become available.

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Published

2017-07-01

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Clinical Sciences

How to Cite

Mutlak, H., Weber, C. F., Meininger, D., Cuca, C., Zacharowski, K., Byhahn, C., & Schalk, R. (2017). Laryngeal tube suction for airway management during in-hospital emergencies. Clinics, 72(7), 422-425. https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2017(07)06