Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Airway Evaluation and Management - Mask Airway
Indications
Indications
- To preoxygenate (denitrogenate) a patient before endotracheal intubation.
- To assist or control ventilation as part of initial resuscitation before an ETT is placed.
- To provide inhalation anesthesia in patients not at risk for regurgitation of gastric contents.
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Airway Evaluation and Management - Mask Airway." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728197/4/Neuromuscular_Blockade___General_Pharmacology.
Airway Evaluation and Management - Mask Airway. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728197/4/Neuromuscular_Blockade___General_Pharmacology. Accessed July 16, 2025.
Airway Evaluation and Management - Mask Airway. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728197/4/Neuromuscular_Blockade___General_Pharmacology
Airway Evaluation and Management - Mask Airway [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 16]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728197/4/Neuromuscular_Blockade___General_Pharmacology.
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