Effect of head elevation on passive upper airway collapsibility in normal subjects during propofol anesthesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-281

  Kobayashi, Masato ^a   Ayuse, Takao ^a   Hoshino, Yuko ^a   Kurata, Shinji ^a   Moromugi, Shunji ^a   Schneider, Hartmut ^b   Kirkness, Jason P ^b   Schwartz, Alan R ^b   Oi, Kumiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPRIVA; PROPOFOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIRWAY PATENCY; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FRANKFURT PLANE; HEAD ELEVATION; HEAD FLEXION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; JAW OPENING; MALE; MANDIBLE PLANE; NASAL MASK PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE UPPER AIRWAY COLLAPSIBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SUPINE POSITION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 79961029516     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318223ba6d     Document Type: Article

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