Lingual nerve paralysis following the use of the laryngeal mask airway.
A 42-year-old woman, undergoing a diagnostic laparoscopy, developed a unilateral lingual nerve palsy following the use of a laryngeal mask airway.
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A 42-year-old woman, undergoing a diagnostic laparoscopy, developed a unilateral lingual nerve palsy following the use of a laryngeal mask airway.
Pre-oxygenation times were studied in 30 fit pregnant women during the course of their pregnancy. The mothers were studied in the supine position with a left lateral tilt and breathing through a standard Magill system with an oxygen flow rate of 8 litres/minute. Between 13-26 weeks gestation and 26-42 weeks the times needed to achieve an end-tidal nitrogen of 2% were 104 seconds (SD 30) and 80 seconds (SD 20), respectively. A control group of young women of similar age and weight needed 130 seconds (SD 30) to achieve the same end-tidal nitrogen concentration. A gas-tight mask was found to be essential to achieve effective denitrogenation (end-tidal nitrogen concentration of 2%).
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