LMA Gastro™ airway is feasible during upper gastrointestinal interventional endoscopic procedures in high risk patients: a single-center observational study

Table 1 Patient characteristics, endoscopic procedures (n = 31). Values are number (proportion) or median (IQR [range])

Age (yrs) median [IQR]	65 [31–72]
Sex
male	23
female	8
ASA physical status^a
3	22 [71%]
4	9 [29%]
Body Mass Index median [IQR]	24 [20–25]
Reflux	9 [32%]
Results
Endoscopic procedure
PEG^b	5 [16%]
ERCP^c	7 [23%]
POEM^d	7 [23%]
ESD^e, STER^f	6 [19%]
other	6 [19%]
Ventilation and endoscopic procedure through LMA Gastro™ successful	27 [87%]
Duration of endoscopic procedure (min) median, [IQR]	60 [25–75]
Sore throat and/or hoarseness (in PACU)	4 [13%]
Rating of endoscopist^g, mean [range]	3.7 [3–4]

Abbreviations: ^aASA physical status: ASA Physical Status Classification System [16]; ^bPEG, percutaneous endoscopic or fluoroscopic gastrostomy; ^cERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; ^dPOEM, peroral endoscopic myotomy; ^eESD, Endoscopic submucosal dissection; ^fSTER, submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection. ^gRating of endoscopist Likert-type scale (0 = not at all satisfied, 1 = slightly satisfied, 2 = moderately satisfied, 3 = very satisfied, 4 = completely satisfied)

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