1. SUPRAGLOTTIC
AIRWAY
DEVICES • DR. B.MARUTHI KUMAR
• MODERATOR DR. K.SRINIVASULU
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
• SRI VENKATESWARA MEDICAL COLLEGE
• TIRUPATHI
2. SUPRAGLOTTIC
AIRWAYS THAT ARE INTENDED TO
OPEN, SECURE & SEAL THE
SUPRAGLOTTIC AREA TO PROVIDE
AN UNOBSTRUCTED AIRWAY IN
SPONTANEOUSLY BREATHING OR
VENTILATED PATIENTS, TYPICALLY
DURING ANESTHETIC PROCEDURES
INFRAGLOTTIC
BELOW THE GLOTTIS OPENING
DEFINITIVE AIRWAY- ET TUBE,
TRACHEOSTOMY
EMERGENCY AIRWAY -
CRICOTHYROTOMY
3. HISTORY
• DR ARCHIE BRAIN - FIRST
CREDITED WITH INVENTION
& DEVELOPMENT OF LMA
• HE FIRST USED A
GOLDMANS MASK AND
ATTACHED IT A OBLIQUELY
CUT ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE.
• IT WAS INTRODUCED IN
1982.
5. INDICATION
• SAD HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED AS RESCUE
AIRWAYS DURING DA MANAGEMENT AND IN
PARTICULAR “CANNOT INTUBATE ,CANNOT
VENTILATE” SCENARIO
• ALTERNATIVE AIRWAY DURING GA SPECIALLY IN
MINOR SURGERIES & THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC
PROCEDURES LIKE RT, ENDOSCOPY, ECT ETC.
• CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TO SECURE THE
AIRWAY.
• ESSENTIAL PART OF DIFFICULT AIRWAY TROLLEY.
• PRIMARY AIRWAY DEVICE WHEN URGENT AIRWAY
PATENCY IS REQUIRED IN LATERAL POSITION.
6. CONTRAINDICATION
LIMITED MOUTH OPENING (< 2 FINGERS)
LOCAL PATHOLOGY IN PHARYNX , LARYNX OR
UPPER AIRWAY.
TRISMUS, FACIAL OR UPPER AIRWAY TRAUMA
INCREASE RISK OF ASPIRATION- MORBID OBESE,
> 14 WEEK PREGNANT, FULL STOMACH.
PRIOR OPIOID MEDICATION, DELAYED GASTRIC
EMPTYING, ACUTE ABDOMINAL OR THORACIC
INJURY, GERD, HIATUS HERNIA
REDUCED LUNG COMPLIANCE/INCREASE
WORK OF BREATHING
7. ADVANTAGES OF THE SGAS
AVOIDANCE OF LARYNGOSCOPE, LESS INVASIVE MEANS OF SECU
INCREASED EASE OF PLACEMENT.
CAN BE PLACED IN NEUTRAL POSITION.
HIGHER SUCCESS RATE WITH INEXPERIENCED PERSONNEL.
BETTER TOLERATED BY PATIENTS- LESS TRAUMA, COUGHING & POST
THROAT.
IMPROVED OXYGEN SATURATION DURING EMERGENCY
IMPROVED HEMODYNAMIC STABILITY.
MINIMAL INCREASE IN IOP, ICP DURING INSERTION.
8. DISADVANTAGES
• INADEQUATE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION
• VASCULAR COMPRESSION AND NERVE DAM
• CAN CAUSE LARYNGOSPASM IF DISPLACES
ANTERIORLY.
• MORE CHANCES OF ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC
CONTENTS.
9. ROLE OF THE LMA IN ASA’S
DIFFICULT AIRWAY ALGORITHM.
LMA OR ANY SAD NOW FIND ITS ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
DIFFICULT AIRWAY AT 5 PLACES IN THE ASA’S ALGORITHM EITHER AS:
• VENTILATORY DEVICES
• AS A CONDUIT TO TRACHEAL INTUBATION
10. DAS guidelines for management of
unanticipated difficult intubation in adult
13. STEPS TO REDUCE THE CHANCE
OF ASPIRATION
Avoid in patients who are un-fasted, or have factors
predispose to regurgitation.
Routinely test the cuff for defects before use.
Avoid lubricating the anterior surface of the mask, since
the lubricant may be aspirated.
Insert the LMA only when adequate depth of anesthesia
has been reached.
Avoid disturbing the patient during emergence from
anesthesia.
Keep the cuff inflated till the patient is awake.
If aspiration does occurs Dr. Brain AIJ recommends leaving the LMA
in place, tilting the patient’s head down and suctioning
through the LMA
14. LMA- CLASSIC
COMPRISED OF THREE MAIN
COMPONENTS
AIRWAY TUBE
MASK
INFLATION LINE
DESIGNED TO CONFIRM CONTOURS OF
HYPOPHARYNX WITH ITS LUMEN
FACING THE LARYNGEAL OPENING.
MADE OF SILICONE, CAN BE
AUTOCLAVED & REUSED MANY TIMES.
SEAL PRESSURE =25CMH2O
15. Mask Size Patient size /Body Weight Maximum Cuff
Inflation Volume (Air)
1 Neonates/Infants up to 5 kg Up to 4 mL
1.5 Infants 5–10 kg Up to 7 mL
2 Infants/Children 10–20 kg Up to 10 mL
2.5 Children 20–30 kg Up to 14 mL
3 Children 30–50 kg Up to 20 mL
4 Adults 50–70 kg Up to 30 mL
5 Adults 70–100 kg Up to 40 mL
6 Large Adults over 100 kg Up to 50 mL
SIZE SELECTION
16. PREPARATION PRIOR TO INSERTION
•SELECT PROPER SIZE OF LMA.
▶INSPECT FOR ANY TEAR , BLOCKAGE .
▶SLOWLY DEFLATE THE CUFF TO FORM A SMOOTH FLAT
SHAPE .
▶OVER INFLATE: LOOK FOR LEAK.
▶USE A WATER SOLUBLE LUBRICANT TO LUBRICATE THE
SURFACE OF LMA
▶AVOID EXCESSIVE OF LUBRICANT & LIGNOCAINE JELLY
LUBRICATION .
17. INSERTION TECHNIQUE
POSITION: NECK FLEXED AND HEAD EXTENDED.
USE NON-INSERTING HAND TO STABILIZE
OCCIPUT.
GRASP LIKE A PEN WITH INDEX FINGER
PRESSING THE POINT WHERE TUBE JOINS MASK.
PLACE TIP OF LMA AGAINST INNER SURFACE
OF PATIENT’S UPPER TEETH.
APERTURE FACING FORWARD, THE TIP
PRESSED UPWARDS AGAINST HARD PALATE.
MASK IS ADVANCED INTO PHARYNX TO ENSURE
THAT TIP REMAINS FLATTENED AND AVOIDS
TONGUE.
18. •NECK IS KEPT FLEXED AND HEAD
EXTENDED.
•CONTINUE PUSHING WITH INDEX
FINGER AND GUIDE IT
DOWNWARD.
•GRASP TUBE FIRMLY WITH OTHER
HAND & THEN WITHDRAW INDEX
FINGER.
•PRESS GENTLY DOWNWARD WITH
OTHER HAND TO ENSURE MASK IS
FULLY INSERTED.
19. •INFLATE THE MASK WITH THE
RECOMMENDED VOLUME OF AIR.
•NORMALLY IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO RISE UP SLIGHTLY OUT OF HYPO
PHARYNX AS IT IS INFLATED TO FIND
ITS CORRECT POSITION.
•INSERT A BITE-BLOCK OR ROLL OF
GAUZE TO PREVENT OCCLUSION OF
THE TUBE.
•NOW THE LMA CAN BE SECURED.
21. OTHER METHODS OF INSERTION
THUMB INDEX METHOD.
PARTIAL INFLATION METHOD.
180 DEGREE ROTATION METHOD.
LARYNGOSCOPY AIDED METHOD.
STYLET ORA BOUGIE AIDED METHOD.
INSERTION FROM SIDE OF MOUTH OPENING.
IN A PATIENT WITH RESTRICTED MOUTH OPENING LMA CAN BE PLACED
AND SUBSEQUENTLY LMA TUBE IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO LIE CENTRAL
22. SIGNS OF CORRECT PLACEMENT
• SLIGHT OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF TUBE UPON LMA
INFLATION.
• PRESENCE OF SMOOTH OVAL SWELLING IN THE NECK
AROUND THYROID AND CRICOID AREA, OR NO CUFF
VISIBLE IN ORAL CAVITY.
• VENTILATE THE PATIENT WHILE CONFIRMING EQUAL
BREATH SOUNDS OVER BOTH LUNGS IN ALL FIELDS AND
THE ABSENCE OF VENTILATORY SOUNDS OVER
EPIGASTRIUM
• DISTAL TIP OF SILICONE CUFF- UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER
• SIDES OF CUFF- PYRIFORM FOSSA
23. PROBLEMS
FAILURE TO PRESS THE DEFLATED
MASK UP AGAINST HARD PALATE
OR INADEQUATE LUBRICATION OR
DEFLATION CAN CAUSE THE
MASK TIP TO FOLD BACK ON
ITSELF.
FOLDING MASK TIP MAY
PROGRESS, PUSHING THE
EPIGLOTTIS CAUSING
MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION .
INADEQUATELY DEFLATED MASK
MAY EITHER –
1. PUSH DOWN THE EPIGLOTTIS
2.ENTER THE GLOTTIS.
24. PROSEAL LMA
REUSABLE , SILICON MADE , MOST
SPECIALIZED MODIFICATION OF C-LMA.
•MODIFICATIONS:-
(i)OESOPHAGEAL DRAIN TUBE
(ii)POSTERIOR INFLATABLE CUFF
(iii)REINFORCED AIRWAY TUBE
(iv)INTEGRAL BITE BLOCK
(v)INTRODUCER
HIGHER LEAK PRESSURE(35CM OF H2O) THAN C-
LMA(25CM OF H2O).
SIZE- IN 7 SIZES (1-5) LIKE C-LMA WITH DRAINAGE
TUBE OF 8, 10, 10, 14, 16, 16 &18 FR
RESPECTIVELY.
25. ADVANTAGES
Increased airway seal improves the PPV.
Decreased chance of aspiration-
1.Oesophageal opening is isolated from the airway. 2.Drain tube vents
gas leaked into the oesophagus.
3.On regurgitation drain tube vents the fluid & small solid particles
beyond the pharynx.
4.The large bulk of the PLMA reduces the space available for
regurgitated fluid to ‘pool’.
5.Increased oesophageal and pharyngeal seal decreases the risk
of any pooled fluid entering the laryngeal inlet.
Simple tests enable correct positioning of the PLMA to be confirmed.
The stomach may be accessed with an orogastric tube.
26. LMA - UNIQUE
•SINGLE USE
•PVC MADE
•CHEAPER.
•TUBE – STIFFER
•CUFF- LESS COMPLIANT
•LESS RISE OF INTRACUFF
PRESSURE WITH N2O.
•SIZE SAME AS CLMA.
27. LMA - SUPREME
SINGLE USE, PVC MADE 2ND GENERATION
LMA.
• HAS FEATURES OF P-LMA, I-LMA & LMA
UNIQUE.
(i) LARGE INFLATABLE PLASTIC CUFF, BUT
NO POSTERIOR CUFF
(ii)OESOPHAGEAL DRAIN TUBE
(iii)PREFORMED SEMI-RIGID TUBE
(iv) FINS IN THE MASK BOWL TO PREVENT
EPIGLOTTIC OBSTRUCTION
• PHARYNGEAL SEAL IS INTERMEDIATE
BETWEEN CLMA AND PLMA( 26–30 CM
H2O)
28. ADVANTAGES
•THE REINFORCED TIP REDUCES THE RISK OF FOLD-
OVER, COMPARED WITH THE PLMA.
•ANATOMIC CURVE THAT FACILITATES EASY
INSERTION.
•A DRAIN TUBE TO ALLOW GASTRIC ASPIRATION:
I. A HIGH VALUE / LOW PRESSURE CUFF WHICH
GENERATES HIGHER SEAL PRESSURE
II. A BUILT-IN BITE BLOCK AND FIXATION TAB TO
HELP SECURE THE AIRWAY.
III. AN OVAL AIRWAY CROSS SECTION FOR IMPROVED
STABILITY OF THE AIRWAY.
29. DISADVANTAGES
•DRAIN TUBE RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
THE AIRWAY TUBE (RATHER THAN NEXT TO IT
IN THE PLMA) DIVIDING IT INTO TWO
NARROW LUMENS. THIS LIMITS ITS USE FOR
AIRWAY INSPECTION. AND FOR USE AS A
CONDUIT FOR INTUBATION.
• BEING MADE OF PVC, THE SLMA MAY CAUSE
MORE TRAUMA THAN SILICONE DEVICES.
30. GUARDIAN SUPREME AIRWAY
• IT IS NEW SILICONE BASED SINGLE USE EXTRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY D
• IT FORMS A SEAL WITH THE GLOTTIS FOR VENTILATION AND WITH
HYPOPHARYNX FOR AIRWAY PROTECTION.
• PROVIDES A GASTRIC DRAINAGE PORT.
• IN ADDITION IT HAS A PORT WITH SUCTIONING MATERIAL FROM
HYPOPHARYNX AND PILOT BALLOON VALVE WITH PRESSURE LO
( YELLOW< 40 CM H2O, GREEN 40-60 CM H2O AND RED > 60 C
INDICATE VISUAL INTRA-CUFF PRESSURE.
31. IN ADDITION IT HAS A PORT WITH
SUCTIONING MATERIAL FROM THE
HYPOPHARYNX AND PILOT BALLOON
VALVE WITH PRESSURE LOGO ( YELLOW<
40 CM H2O, GREEN 40-60 CM H2O AND
RED > 60 CM H2O), THAT INDICATE
VISUAL INTRA-CUFF PRESSURE.
32. FLEXIBLE LMA
FLEXOMETALLIC TUBE- NARROWER & LONGER.
▶ HAS A RIGID PREFORMED ANGLE AT
CUFF.
▶ SEAL PRESSURE = 20CMH2O
▶ INTRODUCER HELPS TO STABILIZE
AIRWAY TUBE DURING INSERTION
▶ LESS INCIDENCE OF DISLODGEMENT ONCE
PLACED.
▶ MORE USEFUL IN HEAD & NECK
SURGERIES, ENT AND UPPER TORSO
PROCEDURES WHERE NEED TO REPOSITION THE
AIRWAY
▶ PROBLEMS- DISRUPTION OF SPIRAL
REINFORCE WIRE, INCREASED AIRWAY
33. AMBU AURA LMA
SINGLE-USE LM WITH A PREFORMED
CURVE.
▶ THE AMBU AURA40 IS THE
REUSABLE, SILICONE VERSION.
▶ THE AMBU AURA-I DESIGNED TO
FACILITATE INTUBATION LIKE ILMA.
▶ 3 PARTS- AN AIRWAY TUBE, A
MOUNT AREA, AND A BOWL
INCLUDING THE INFLATABLE CUFF..
▶ A REINFORCED TIP REDUCES THE
RISK OF FOLDING BACK DURING
34. COBRA PERILARYNGEAL AIRWAY
(PLA)
• SINGLE USE, PVC MADE, LATEX FREE .
• HAS A BREATHING TUBE WITH LARGE INNER
DIAMETER TO INCREASE AIR FLOW.
• NOVEL HEAD DESIGN- GRILL OF SOFT BAR
WITH COBRA HEAD SHAPE.
• BARS ALLOW VENTILATION &
INSTRUMENTATION.
• INTERNAL RAMP TO GUIDE ETT
PROXIMAL HIGH VOLUME LOW PRESSURE
CUFF- SEALS HYPOPHARYNX.
OFFERS A MORE EFFECTIVE SEAL, AND A
BETTER FIBEROPTIC SCORE AS THE C-LMA.
36. I-GEL
•NOVEL SAD DESIGNED BY UK ANAESTHETIST,
MUHAMMED NASIR.
•(I) SINGLE USE.
•(II) CUFFLESS: MADE OF A SOFT POLYMER
AND IS SHAPED SIMILARLY TO AN INFLATED
LMA POSTERIORLY WITH ITS ANTERIOR
SHAPE DESIGNED TO ‘FIT THE
PERILARYNGEAL STRUCTURES’.
•(III) NARROW-BORE OESOPHAGEAL DRAIN
TUBE.
•(IV) SHORT, WIDE-BORE AIRWAY TUBE.
•(V) INTEGRAL BITE BLOCK
•(VI) AN EPIGLOTTIC REST - REDUCES
POSSIBILITY OF EPIGLOTTIS ‘DOWN FOLDING’
AND AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION.
37. i-gel Size Patient size Patient weight
guidance(Kg)
1 Neonates 2-5
1.5 Infants 5-12
2 Small paediatric 10-25
2.5 Large paediatric 25-35
3 Small adult 30-60
4 Medium adult 50-90
5 Large adult 90+
SIZE SELECTION
38. ADVANTAGES
• 1. EASY TO INSERT: DUE TO A COMBINATION
OF A VERY LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION
WHEN LUBRICATED & ABSENCE OF CUFF.
• 2. WIDE LUMEN MAKE IT WELL WORTH FOR
BOTH AIRWAY RESCUE AND AS A CONDUIT
FOR ASSISTED INTUBATION.
• 3. A GASTRIC CHANNEL ALLOWS FOR
SUCTIONING AND PLACEMENT OF A
NASOGASTRIC TUBE.
• 4.THOUGH OESOPHAGEAL SEAL IS LOW BUT
ENOUGH (ACCORDING TO THE
39. STREAMLINED LINER OF THE PHARYNGEAL AIRW
(SLIPA)
PLASTIC MADE, UNCUFFED, DISPOSABLE ,2ND
GENERATION SAD.
▶ ANATOMICALLY PRE-SHAPED TO LINE THE
PHARYNX.
▶ HOLLOW & BOOT SHAPED DISTAL PART-
1. TOE- REST IN OESOPHAGEAL ENTRANCE
2. BRIDGE- FITS TO PYRIFORM FOSSA.
3. HEEL- ANCHOR IN POSITION & CONNECT THE
AIRWAY TUBE.
4. TWO LATERAL BULGES- RELIEVE PRESSURE ON
HYPOGLOSSAL& RECURRENT LARYNGEAL N.
5. LARGE CAPACITY CHAMBER-STORES
REGURGITED FLUID.
AVAILABLE IN 6 SIZES- : 47, 49, 51, 53, 55& 57 MM.
42. INTUBATING LMA
• MODIFICATION OF C-LMA.
•A RIGID (STAINLESS STEEL)
ANATOMICALLY CURVED, SHORT &
WIDE BORED SHAFT THAT FOLLOWS
ANATOMICAL CURVE OF PALATE & POST
PHARYNGEAL WALL.
•AN EPIGLOTTIC ELEVATOR BAR AT MASK
APERTURE
•ARMOURED FLEXIBLE ET TUBE WITH A
LONGITUDINAL AND A HORIZONTAL
BLACK LINE- COINCIDES WITH
EPIGLOTTIC ELEVATING BAR.
• STABILIZER ROD OF 25CM.
•SEAL PRESSURE=60CMOF H2O MAX.
Body
weight
ILMA size Air
volume
Tracheal
Tube
30-50kg 3 20ml 7mm
50-70kg 4 30ml 7.5mm
70-100kg 5 40ml 8mm
43. LMA C-TRACH
ENABLES COMBINED VENTILATION,
VISUALIZATION& INTUBATION.
⚫ HIGH FIRST ATTEMPT INTUBATION
SUCCESS RATE OF 91%.
⚫ FIBEROPTIC TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS REAL
TIME VISUALIZATION OF GLOTTIC
OPENING & OF ET TUBE PASSING
THROUGH VOCAL CORDS.
⚫ IDEAL IN RESCUE/DIFFICULT AIRWAY
SITUATIONS
⚫ COMPLETELY PORTABLE AND WIRELESS
SYSTEM - WEIGHS LESS THAN 8
OUNCES.
⚫
44. AIR-Q
(INTUBATING LARYNGEAL AIRWAY AND COOK
GAS )
DESIGNED AS INTUBATING
CONDUIT
NO APERTURE BARS
SHORTER, ALLOWS ETT TO
REACH VOCAL CORDS
ACCOMMODATES
CONVENTIONAL ETT
CAN BE LEFT IN SITU DURING
CASE WHICH MAY BE UTILIZED
DURING EMERGENCE
45. ESOPHAGEAL- TRACHEAL COMBITUBE
PVC DOUBLE LUMEN SAD WITH 2
INFLATABLE
BALLOONS
• 2 LUMENS : TRACHEAL AND
PHARYNGEAL
• PROXIMAL BALLOON- SEALS ORAL &
NASAL CAVITY
• DISTAL BALLOON - SEALS EITHER
ESOPHAGUS OR TRACHEA,
DEPENDING ON WHICH OF THESE ETC
HAS BEEN SITED.
• SIZE- 37 FR FOR HEIGHT UP TO 5 FT.
• 41 FR FOR HEIGHT ABOVE 5.5 FT.
50. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF LUMEN-
1. SINGLE LUMEN DEVICES:-
LMA-CLASSIC, LMA-UNIQUE, LMA-FLEXIBLE, I LMA, C-
TRACH, LARYNGEAL TUBE, SLIPA
2. DOUBLE LUMEN DEVICES:-
PROSEAL LMA, COMBITUBE, I GEL , LARYNGEAL TUBE
SUCTION, AIRWAY MANAGEMENT DEVICE(AMD)
3 . TRIPLE LUMEN DEVICES:-
ELISHA AIRWAY DEVICE(EAD)
54. SUMMARY
• RECENT ADVANCES IN SAD DESIGN HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
ENHANCED THE CLINICAL UTILITY.
• SADS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN RESCUE VENTILATION
IN DA(DMV,DL,TI).
• CAN BE USED AS CONDUIT FOR INTUBATION AND
BRONCHOSCOPY.
• CAN BE USED BY PARAMEDICS WITH ADEQUATE TRAINING
TO SECURE AIRWAY.
• KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INDICATIONS AND
CONTRAINDICATIONS AND FEATURES OF DEVICE
ESSENTIAL FOR THEIR APPROPRIATE USE.
• CORRECT INSERTION TECHNIQUE MUST BE CAREFULLY
FOLLOWED TO ENSURE OPTIMAL POSITIONING.
• CONCERNS SUCH AS PULMONARY ASPIRATION OF
GASTRIC CONTENTS REMAIN, NECESSITATING CAREFUL
PATIENT SELECTION, DEVICE SELECTION.
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56. QUESTIONS
1. ADVANTAGES OF SGA’S ?
2. CONTRAINDICATIONS OF SGA’S ?
3. DAS GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF
UNANTICIPATED DIFFICULT INTUBATION IN ADULT ?
4. STEPS TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF ASPIRATION ?
5. ADVANTAGES OF PROSEAL LMA ?