Usefulness of spirometry in air leak evaluation during laparoscopic surgery in an obese patient with laryngeal mask airway Supreme™ M Carron, U Freo, C Ori British Journal of Anaesthesia Volume 105, Issue 3, Pages 387-389 (September 2010) DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq223 Copyright © 2010 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow-volume loops observed during laparoscopic removal of gastric banding using a SLMA. Flow-volume loops show normal closure of the expiratory curve in a patient before carboperitoneum (a); early closure of the expiratory curve with air leaks during carboperitoneum (b); incomplete closure of the expiratory curve with minimal air leaks after increasing intracuff pressure of SLMA and reducing PIP during carboperitoneum (c). I, inspiratory curve; E, expiratory curve; PIP, peak inspiratory pressure; Vt exp, expiratory tidal volume; x, air leakage measured between zero and the point where the expiratory flow volume curve intersects the baseline. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2010 105, 387-389DOI: (10.1093/bja/aeq223) Copyright © 2010 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions