The role of supraglottic airway devices for caesarean section under general anaesthesia. A scoping literature review with a proposed algorithm for the appropriate use of supraglottic airway devices for caesarean sections
Authors' conclusion
Growing evidence suggests that the use of second-generation SGA devices might be well tolerated as the primary method for securing the airway for caesarean sections requiring general anaesthesia, in selected patients with a low risk for aspiration and difficult intubation.
Study context
- Population
- Patients requiring caesarean section under GA with an SGA13 manuscripts
- Participants
- 7,722 patients
- Outcome
- Outcomes of SGA use for caesarean section under GA:
- Failed insertion
- Pulmonary aspiration
- Gastric regurgitation
Methodological detailsInitial search yielded 815 results, Searched Medline, Embase, PubMed, Emcare, Cochrane Library and CINAHL; full-text articles in English, Dutch and French; case reports and non-caesarean surgery excluded
- Initial search yielded 815 results
- Searched Medline, Embase, PubMed, Emcare, Cochrane Library and CINAHL; full-text articles in English, Dutch and French; case reports and non-caesarean surgery excluded
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Failed insertion with conversion to tracheal intubation (first-generation SGA devices in these cases)
7
Pulmonary aspiration
0
Gastric regurgitation
1
Original publication
The role of supraglottic airway devices for caesarean section under general anaesthesia. A scoping literature review with a proposed algorithm for the appropriate use of supraglottic airway devices for caesarean sections. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 19 June 2024. doi:10.
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