BMC Anesthesiol 2023 Sep 20;23(1):321. Epub 2023 Sep 20.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222-1, Wangsimni-ro, Seoungdong-gu, 04763, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: Proper mask ventilation is important to prevent air inflow into the stomach during induction of general anesthesia, and it is difficult to send airflow only through the trachea without gastric inflation. Changes in gastric insufflation according to mask ventilation during anesthesia induction were compared.
Methods: In this prospective, randomized, single-blind study, 230 patients were analyzed to a facemask-ventilated group (Ventilation group) or no-ventilation group (Apnea group) during anesthesia induction. Read More