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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 40, 360-364, Copyright © 1993 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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The laryngeal mask airway and prolonged balanced regional anaesthesia

J Brimacombe and N Shorney
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cairns Base Hospital, Australia.

The purpose of this paper is to report an eight-hour operation in which anaesthesia was provided by a combination of continuous epidural analgesia and light general anaesthesia administered via a laryngeal mask. During the perioperative period, the respiratory system was monitored with arterial blood gas and thoraco-abdominal movement analyses. There was no deterioration in respiratory function nor evidence of respiratory fatigue. We suggest that this is a suitable technique in fasting healthy patients undergoing prolonged surgery to the extremities.




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