Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) Complication in Children

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Laryngeal Mask Airway

Treatments: Other: Desflurane; Other: Sevoflurane

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02644226

B-1407/258-117

Details and patient eligibility

About

Desflurane is known to be the most pungent of the currently used volatile anesthetics. The investigators tried to find out if desflurane increases the incidence of perioperative upper airway complications in infants and children undergoing general anesthesia using supraglottic airways compared to sevoflurane.

Full description

The investigators retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the electrical medical records of consecutive children aged 1 to 15 years who underwent general anesthesia under supraglottic airways using sevoflurane or desflurane as maintenance agents.

Enrollment: 3,528 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 1 to 15 years who underwent general anesthesia under supraglottic airways using sevoflurane or desflurane as maintenance agents

Exclusion criteria

• Tracheal intubation

Trial design

3,528 participants in 2 patient groups

Sevoflurane

Description:

The investigators retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the electrical medical records of consecutive children aged 1 to 15 years who underwent general anesthesia under supraglottic airways using sevoflurane as maintenance agents.

Treatment:

Other: Sevoflurane

Desflurane

Description:

The investigators retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the electrical medical records of consecutive children aged 1 to 15 years who underwent general anesthesia under supraglottic airways using desflurane as maintenance agents.

Treatment:

Other: Desflurane