Pediatric anesthesia & critical care

Intubation using video laryngeal mask airway SaCoVLM and laryngeal mask airway Ambu® Aura-i in anesthetized children with microtia: a randomized controlled study

J Clin Monit ComputPublished Randomised controlled trial

Authors' conclusion

The SaCoVLM has an overall comparable performance to the Ambu Aura-i mask.

Study context

Population
Anesthetized children with microtia
Participants
120 children
Comparison
SaCoVLM vs Ambu Aura-i
Primary endpoint
First success rate of LMA placement
Methodological detailsprospective, Conducted March 2021 to December 2021
  • Prospective
  • Conducted March 2021 to December 2021

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

  • Similar for the two devices

Secondary outcomes

Time for successful endotracheal intubation · no difference

P > 0.05

Time for LMA removal · slower with SaCoVLM

P < 0.01

Airway leak pressure · higher with SaCoVLM · unit printed as s

P < 0.01

Safety

Blood staining — SaCoVLM
16.7%

Blood staining

Higher incidence in the SaCoVLM group

Original publication

Intubation using video laryngeal mask airway SaCoVLM and laryngeal mask airway Ambu® Aura-i in anesthetized children with microtia: a randomized controlled study. J Clin Monit Comput. Published 22 December 2022. doi:10.1007/s10877-022-00949-4

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