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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016Alternative to the use of an LMA bite guardShow More
An alternative to the use of a bite guard in conjunction with the LMA would be to employ the intubating laryngeal mask airway (iLMA), since the single-use version of the iLMA has a rigid plastic airway tube which resists occlusion by biting, as does the silicone-coated stainless steel tube with the reusable version. Additional benefits would be that the iLMA can facilitate seamless progression to blind tracheal intubation...
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