title: Agonal gasps of cardiac arrest victim can aid in confirming tracheal intubation using Umesh's intubation detector.
abstract: Several patients of cardiac arrest may be found in a state of agonal gasps that are of insufficient tidal volume and are not considered as a sign of life. However, this volume is sufficient enough to cause appreciable inflation and deflation of the reservoir bag of Umesh's intubation detector (UID) as evidenced in all 12 victims of cardiac arrest with gasping efforts in this study. Therefore, we conclude that the agonal gasps during cardiac arrest can reliably be used to confirm tracheal intubation using the UID device.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Hospital, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: drumeshg@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Goneppanavar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Umesh
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Magazine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013990:Tidal Volume
keywords: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; intubation, intratracheal; respiratory insufficiency:  agonal respiration; umesh's intubation detector