Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatr Anaesth
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Sep 2003
A French survey of paediatric airway management use in tonsillectomy and appendicectomy.
There are no epidemiological data describing tracheal intubation and laryngeal mask airway (LMATM) use in paediatric anaesthesia. This analysis focused on the factors leading to the indication for an airway management procedure, i.e. tracheal intubation and laryngeal mask airway vs face mask during general anaesthesia for tonsillectomy and appendicectomy. ⋯ This large French survey shows that the use of tracheal intubation/laryngeal mask airway in this country is primarily related to a predicted long duration of anaesthesia.