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The LMA CTrach™ is designed to increase intubation success rates in difficult airways.

Indications

LMA™ airways are indicated for use as an alternative to the face mask for achieving and maintaining control of the airway. LMA™ airways are not indicated as a replacement for the endotracheal tube. LMA™ airways are indicated for use in:

Routine and emergency anesthetic procedures
Known or unexpected difficult airways
Establishing an airway during resuscitation in the profoundly unconscious patient with absent glossopharyngeal and laryngeal reflexes when tracheal intubation is not possible

Contraindications

As a routine airway, LMA™ airways are contraindicated in elective patients who:

Are not fasted or where fasting cannot be confirmed
May have retained gastric contents
Have fixed decreased pulmonary compliance

As a rescue airway, LMA™ airways are contraindicated in patients who are not profoundly unconscious and who may resist LMA™ airway insertion. Clinical judgment must be used to weigh the risk of regurgitation and aspiration against the potential benefit of establishing an airway.

Please consult the current LMA™ Instruction Manuals for information on indications, contraindications, warnings, and precautions, or information on which LMA™ airways are best suited for different clinical situations. Instruction manuals are available via this web site under Using the Product, located on each product page.