Inadequate face mask ventilation--clinical applications.
Face mask ventilation is a life saving technique. This article will review aetiology and patophysiological consequences of inadequate mask ventilation. The main focus will be on circulatory changes during induction of anesthesia, before and in a short period after intubation that could be attributed to inadequate mask ventilation in humans.
Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Sveti Duh General Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia. tanjagoranovic@hotmail.com
Tatjana
T
Goranović
Morena
M
Milić
Jadranka Katancić
JK
Holjevac
Branka
B
Maldini
Katarina
K
Sakić
D005145:Face; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008397:Masks; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*