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Ventilatory monitoring during microlaryngeal surgery using jet insufflation anaesthesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. J. Drysdale
Affiliation:
Department of ENT St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London SW17 0QT.
W. J. Fawcett*
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London SW17 0QT.
T. E. Hollway
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London SW17 0QT.
V. Moore-Gillon
Affiliation:
Department of ENT St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London SW17 0QT.
*
Dr W. J. Fawcett, Department of Anaesthetics, St. George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT.

Abstract

We describe a method for continuous measurement of end-tidal carbon dioxide concentration during jet insufflation anaesthesia for microlaryngeal surgery. This increases the safety of the technique by allowing closer monitoring of inspired and expired gases during anaesthesia

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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