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Clinical Trial
. 1992 Oct;69(4):346-8.
doi: 10.1093/bja/69.4.346.

Effect of the laryngeal mask airway on lower oesophageal sphincter pressure in patients during general anaesthesia

P G Rabey  1 , P J Murphy, J A Langton, P Barker, D J Rowbotham
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Clinical Trial

Effect of the laryngeal mask airway on lower oesophageal sphincter pressure in patients during general anaesthesia

P G Rabey et al. Br J Anaesth. 1992 Oct.
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Abstract

We have studied the tone of the lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS) in 40 adults undergoing routine body surface surgery and allocated randomly to receive anaesthesia either by face mask and Guedel airway or by laryngeal mask airway. In the laryngeal mask group there was a mean (SEM) decrease in barrier pressure (LOS minus gastric pressure) of 3.6 (1.4) cm H2O, compared with a mean increase of 2.2 (1.2) cm H2O in the face mask group (P < 0.005).

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