ArticleIndian journal of anaesthesia2021
Comparison of Ambu AuraGain at low cuff pressure, Ambu AuraGain at high cuff pressure and i-gel in relation to incidence of postoperative upper airway complications.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Postoperative sore throat: a systematic review.Anaesthesia · 2026Pooled it
- Choice of supraglottic airway devices: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.British journal of anaesthesia · 2024Pooled it
- Individualized regulation of inflatable laryngeal mask airway cuff pressure reduces postoperative pharyngolaryngeal pain in elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- Effect of continuous cuff pressure regulator on postoperative sore throat in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with H-LMA: a randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Trial
- Comparison of clinical performance of Baska mask and Ambu AuraGain in patients undergoing surgery: A single-blinded, randomised comparative trial.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2023Article
- Flexible intubation videoscope guided assessment of gastric channel opening in supraglottic airway devices- A proxy for intracuff pressure?Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2023Article
- Comparison of Brimacombe score and first-attempt success rate of intubation through Ambu AuraGain and i-gel in anaesthetized adult patients: A prospective open-label study.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsPostoperative upper airway complications are frequently encountered with the use of supraglottic airway devices (SADs). Cuff pressure is one of the risk factors for upper airway complications with SADs. Among SADs, i-gel has shown lesser incidence. The effect of different cuff pressures on the incidence of postoperative upper airway complications is not known with Ambu AuraGain and nor has Ambu AuraGain been compared with i-gel in this regard. So, we undertook this study.
methodsA total of 200 patients undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery were randomised into 3 groups based on the SAD used and intra-cuff pressure: i-gel (IG) (
resultsThe OLPs before and after carboperitoneum in the 3 groups were (IG-24.22 ± 7.87 and 28.31 ± 8.52, AL-24.40 ± 5.84 and 26.94 ± 5.93, AH-25.02 ± 5.02 and 28.91 ± 5.6) cmH
conclusionLimiting cuff pressure in Ambu AuraGain to 25, as against 60 cmH
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