The Baska mask (proact Medical Ltd, Northants, UK) is the latest addition to an era of supraglottic airway devices in clinical use. It is made of medical grade silicone; it has many advantages in its constructions over other LMA, a cuff less membranous bowl in which the saliva secretion collected. An inbuilt "tab" that allows to extend its angulation for straightforward negotiation of the oropharyngeal curve during placement
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
78
inserted airway device
Cairo university
Cairo, Egypt
insertion time
To determine the time taken for insertion of the device. (It will be calculated from the time of the mask will be taken away from the patient's face till the moment of the appearance of square wave capnography upstroke with the presence of sufficient ventilation) (second )
Time frame: 1 hour
Ease of device insertion
will be graded using a five-point scoring system (4 = insertion at first attempt without tactile resistance, 3 = insertion at first attempt with little tactile resistance, 2 = insertion at first attempt with significant tactile resistance, 1 = insertion successful at second/third attempt, 0 = insertion failed at three attempts).
Time frame: 1 hours
Oropharyngeal leak pressures
Oropharyngeal leak pressures (OLPs) will be recorded
Time frame: 1 hours
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