Experimental evaluation of four airway devices in anaesthetized New Zealand White rabbits.

Objective: To compare airway management during induction of anaesthesia, spontaneous ventilation (SV) and controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV), using an endotracheal tube (ETT), laryngeal mask (LM), rabbit-specific supraglottic airway device (v-gel) or facemask (FM).

Study Design: Prospective randomized crossover experiment.

Animals: Ten New Zealand White rabbits.

Clinical evaluation of the v-gel supraglottic airway device in comparison with a classical laryngeal mask and endotracheal intubation in cats during spontaneous and controlled mechanical ventilation.

Objective: To compare airway management during induction of anaesthesia, in spontaneous ventilation and controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV), using a cat-specific supraglottic airway device (the v-gel), a classical laryngeal mask (LM) or an endotracheal tube (ETT).

Study Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.

Animals: Forty-five healthy cats.