TY - JOUR
T1 - Agonal gasps of cardiac arrest victim can aid in confirming tracheal intubation using Umesh's intubation detector
AU - Umesh, Goneppanavar
AU - Magazine, Rahul
PY - 2013/9/1
Y1 - 2013/9/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aat.2013.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.aat.2013.08.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 24148743
AN - SCOPUS:84886393355
SN - 1875-4597
VL - 51
SP - 133
EP - 134
JO - Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica
JF - Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica
IS - 3
ER -