Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anaesthesia

The practice of airway management has become more advanced in the recent decades. Pediatrics are not small adults, there are a number of anatomical differences which make airway management difficult than adults. A supraglottic airway device is designed to maintain a clear airway while sitting above, and creating a seal around the larynx. In pediatrics, SGAs are used for the management of normal as well difficult airways. They are now incorporated in difficult pediatric airway algorithms. The I-gel is the innovate second generation supraglottic airway and it is considered the first major development since LMA. I-gel has been used as a conduit for tracheal intubation with the help of fiberoptic bronchoscope in several studies but limited studies are found to prove the efficacy of use of I-gel for blind intubation in pediatrics

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