Vital capacity and tidal volume preoxygenation with a mouthpiece

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 787-789

  Winship, S ^a   Skinner, A ^b  

^a Roy Liverpool/Broad Gn Univ Hosp

^b WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, preoxygenation; Equipment, face mask; Equipment, mouthpiece; Measurement techniques, oxygraphy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FACE MASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0031772201     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.5.787     Document Type: Article

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