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Anesthesia
Study data from A. von Goedecke and co-authors update knowledge of anesthesia
November 4th, 2009
New investigation results, 'Optimising the unprotected airway with a prototype Jaw-Thrust-Device--a prospective randomised cross-over study,' are detailed in a study published in Anaesthesia. "Despite being a standard procedure during induction of anaesthesia, facemask ventilation can be a major challenge especially for inexperienced anaesthetists. We manufactured a Jaw-Thrust-Device designed to keep the patient's jaws in an optimised position, and thus to maintain the airway in a permanently patent state," researchers in Austria report. "Using a cross over design, we compared the influence of using the Esmarch manoeuvre (bimanual jaw-thrust), a nasopharyngeal...
Source: Medical Patent Law Weekly (2009-11-04)
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