Ventilation by mask before and after the administration of neuromuscular blockade: A pragmatic non-inferiority trial

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Joffe, Aaron M ^a   Ramaiah, Ramesh ^a   Donahue, Eric ^b   Galgon, Richard E ^c   Thilen, Stephan R ^a   Spiekerman, Charles F ^d   Bhananker, Sanjay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Difficult ventilation; Facemask ventilation; Neuromuscular blocking drugs

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG DEAD SPACE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIDAL VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 84943417284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-015-0111-z     Document Type: Article

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