Supraglottic airway for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in children: A review of 10years' experience

Children undergoing diagnostic EGD require deep sedation or general anesthesia [1] [2]. The anesthesiologist may choose to protect the airway with an endotracheal tube, or use sedation using a variety or combinations of sedatives and analgesics, while relying on the patient's native airway, and without airway protection [2] [3]. There can, in these instances, however, be serious cardiorespiratory complications; specifically, apnea, hypoventilation and oxygen desaturation; and hypercarbia from periods of apnea during deep sedation go unmeasured.

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