Reflex Responses to Insertion of the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway, Intubation and Removal of the ILMA

We studied 21 patients (ASA 1 or 2) to investigate the skin vasomotor reflex (SVmR) and haemodynamic responses to insertion of an intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA), tracheal intubation using the ILMA and removal of the ILMA. Anaesthesia was induced with fentanyl, midazolam, vecuronium and nitrous oxide. A size 4 ILMA was inserted using the standard technique, and a silicone reinforced tracheal tube (7.5 mm, ID) was passed through it. After confirming successful intubation, the ILMA was removed using the stabilizing rod. The three procedures were performed at approximately one-minute intervals. Insertion of the ILMA, intubation and removal of the ILMA all significantly reduced the skin blood flow on the ring finger in all patients. The mean amplitudes of the SVmR were 0.46 (SD 0.29), 0.54 (0.32) and 0.68 (0.21) respectively. The magnitude of the SVmR and the haemodynamic changes induced by removal of the ILMA were significantly larger than those accompanying the other two procedures. Use of the ILMA for intubation and removal of the ILMA produces three stimuli and the removal of the ILMA produces the greatest response.

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