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Historical Article
What Every Anesthesiologist Should Know About the Manual Resuscitation Bag.
- Carolyn S Sivco and Verghese T Cherian.
- From the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Penn State Health College of Medicine.
- A A Pract. 2018 Nov 15; 11 (10): 288-291.
AbstractThe bag-valve-mask or the manual resuscitation bag is life-saving equipment. This article explains its construction, functioning, and limitations. This article also attempts to clarify some common misconceptions such as whether a resuscitation bag can be used to preoxygenate or provide continuous positive airway pressure or positive end-expiratory pressure and the highest percentage of oxygen that it can deliver.
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