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Teleflex | LMA Gastro
This is such a great
idea, I can't believe
it's just coming out
in 2017. When you're
doing an upper GI
procedure and
administering propo-
fol, it's helpful to be able to
monitor and maintain the air-
way with an LMA. But LMAs
typically get in the way of GI
scopes. The LMA Gastro lets
you secure the airway and at
the same time maintain a chan-
neled pathway for the scope to
follow.
That way, if a patient desatu-
rates, you don't have to pull the scope and reintubate, or deflate the
LMA (which is a really bad idea). And since you don't have to intu-
bate, you don't have to use a neuromuscular blocker that can turn a 6-
minute procedure into a 40-minute procedure.
It's not for every patient, but the population is getting heavier, and
we're seeing a few more comorbidities in the outpatient environ-
ment, so the risk of airway compromise is increasing. This is a great
tool for the roughly 10% of patients who don't need an endotracheal
tube, but who might warrant a little more caution than the average
patient.
• TWO IN ONE The LMA Gastro can secure an airway and provide
a pathway for the GI scope to follow.
