PLoS One
October 2017
Introduction: Adequate blood oxygenation and ventilation/perfusion matching should be main goal of anaesthetic and intensive care management. At present, one of the methods of improving gas exchange restricted by ventilation/perfusion mismatching is independent ventilation with two ventilators. Recently, however, a unique device has been developed, enabling ventilation of independent lungs in 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, and 5:1 proportions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In recent years, different supraglottic airway devices became popular and new constructions have been proposed. We compared a classic laryngeal mask airway (LMA-classic) with the COBRA-PLA device (a LMA of different design).
Methods: Fifty adult ASA 1 and 2 adult patients, scheduled for minor urological interventions were randomly allocated to receive the LMA-Classic or the COBRA-PLA.
Background: Nowadays, simple survival from a life threatening condition requiring treatment in an ICU, cannot be regarded as a sole indicator of the medical success. Patients expect to return to a more or less normal life, and to resume their daily activities. The aim of the study was to evaluate the health related quality of life (HRQOL) as a long-term indicator of successful outcome.
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