EO technique provides better mask seal than the EC clamp technique during single handed mask holding by novices in anaesthetised and paralysed patients

Background and Aims: Bag mask ventilation (BMV) allows for oxygenation and ventilation of patients until a definitive airway is secured and when definitive airway is difficult/impossible. This study hypothesised that the EO (thumb and index finger form a O shape around the mask) technique of mask ho...

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Main Authors: Goneppanavar Umesh, Gopal V Gotur, Amrut Krishnananda Rao, Tim Thomas Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2018;volume=62;issue=10;spage=780;epage=785;aulast=Umesh