Immediate management

Why?

• Inexperienced users are more successful and faster (on average 3 minutes) at inserting laryngeal masks than endotracheal tubes. ^b

Laryngeal masks are easier to insert than endotracheal tubes

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	RRR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
elective surgery b	laryngeal mask	endotracheal tube	failed intubation at 5 minutes	53%	100%	2 (1 to 3)

• Aspiration using laryngeal masks is very rare in elective surgery. 0.023% (95% CI: 0.0% to 0.050%) b