Open AccessCapnographic analysis of minimum mandatory flow rate for hudson face mask: A randomized double-blind study
Author(s) -
Pranjali Kurhekar,
T. Krishna Prasad,
Buddhan Rajarathinam,
Raghuraman M. Sethuraman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anesthesia essays and researches
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_29_17
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , face (sociological concept) , double blind , medicine , philosophy , alternative medicine , linguistics , pathology , placebo
Oxygen supplementation through Hudson type face mask is frequently used in perioperative settings. Hudson mask is a variable rate performance device with the risk of rebreathing. Studies using capnography to find out an actual fraction of rebreathing in spontaneously breathing patients are not available.
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