Clinical Study

Postoperative Pharyngolaryngeal Adverse Events with Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA Supreme) in Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures with Cuff Pressure Limiting 25 : Prospective, Blind, and Randomised Study

Table 4

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).

POD 1 POD 2
L groupH groupL groupH group

PONV0.4610.509
 None40374237
 Nausea7936
 Retching2333
 Vomiting0013
Rhodes index 0.443

Values are expressed as number of patients or mean ± standard deviation.
L group: laryngeal mask airway (LMA) cuff pressure limiting 25 cmH2O group; H group: LMA cuff pressure at 60 cmH2O group; POD 1: postoperative day 1 (discharge from postanaesthetic care unit); POD 2: postoperative day 2 (24 hours after discharge from postanaesthetic care unit).