Fast or Slow Rescue Ventilations: A Predictive Model of Gastric Inflation.
BACKGROUND: Rescue ventilations are given during respiratory and cardiac arrest. Tidal volume must assure oxygen delivery; however, excessive pressure applied to an unprotected airway can cause gastric inflation, regurgitation, and pulmonary aspiration. The optimal technique provides mouth pressure...
| Published in: | Respiratory Care Vol. 63; no. 5; pp. 502 - 510 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
May2018
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