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Zusammenfassung: <jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>We studied 40 adult patients to see if cricoid pressure affected placement of the I‐gel<jats:sup>™</jats:sup>. In a randomised crossover design, the i‐gel was placed with and without cricoid pressure, and we compared the success rate of adequate ventilation through the i‐gel, time to placement and the rate of optimal position of the device between the two circumstances. Cricoid pressure significantly decreased the success rate of adequate ventilation through the i‐gel (40 vs 34 patients) (p = 0.041, 95% CI for difference 4–26%), and significantly decreased the rate of the optimal position (39 vs 17 patients) (p &lt; 0.001). The time to achieve adequate ventilation was significantly longer (p &lt; 0.001) with cricoid pressure than without (median difference 8 s; 95% <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CI</jats:styled-content> for median difference 3–12 s). Cricoid pressure significantly decreases the success rate of ventilation through the i‐gel, but the success rate of ventilation through the i‐gel is reasonably high.</jats:p>
Umfang: 878-882
ISSN: 0003-2409
1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12731