Why the study?
Does repeated use of the laryngeal mask airway by inexperienced anesthesia residents reduce the rate of procedural problems in pediatric patients?
Population
600 pediatric patients undergoing anesthesia, managed by 8 third-year anesthesia residents with no prior…
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Supports supervised LMA practice to reach low problem rates within 75 uses; leaves open whether structured curricula outperform unstructured experience.
Does repeated use of the laryngeal mask airway by inexperienced anesthesia residents reduce the rate of procedural problems in pediatric patients?
There is a rapid improvement in laryngeal mask airway skills among anesthesia residents, with a low problem rate achievable within 75 uses in pediatric practice.
Lopez‐Gil et al. (1996) studied this question.
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