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A Novel Rescue Technique for Difficult Intubation and Difficult Ventilation
Published on: January 17, 2011
Options for ventilating the pediatric patient. Part 2. Choosing the right technique
Abstract:
The recommendations set forth here are based partly on empirical clinical data and partly on physiologic principles. Because both sources of information are incomplete, some of the advice offered will doubtless prove incorrect. The techniques must be individualized, and this requires first a good understanding of the pathophysiology involved and then a process of manipulation of variables with careful monitoring of their effect by appropriate "dependent variables." Optimal ventilator management is possible only with a good working relationship among physician, nurse, and respiratory technologist.
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