Rupture of the stomach following mouth-to-mouth respiration

Rupture of the stomach following mouth-to-mouth respiration.

Introduction The introduction of oxygen via a nasopharingeal tube (Hilgin, 1952/3) or, accidentally, by a nasoendotracheal tube located in the oesophagus (Longobardi, Ruggles and Burgess, 1961) has on rare occasions led to sudden rupture of the stomach. Geroulanos (1972) reviewed the literature on this subject and noted that only two of twelve patients who had developed a rupture of the stomach...

Retention of mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask and mouth-to-face shield ventilation.

BACKGROUND Retention of mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask and mouth-to-face shield ventilation techniques is poorly understood. METHODS A prospective randomised clinical trial was undertaken in January 2004 in 70 candidates randomly assigned to training in mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask or mouth-to-face shield ventilation. Each candidate was trained for 10 min, after which tidal volume, respirator...

Mouth-to-mouth ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: word of mouth in the street versus science.

I n this issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Oschatz et al. (1) report that when lay bystanders in Vienna, Austria performed mouth-to-mouth ventilation in cardiac arrest victims before professional paramedics administered advanced cardiac life support, serious ventilation-related adverse effects such as pulmonary aspiration occurred no more often than in patients who collapsed in the presence of p...

Thermal environment of teeth during open-mouth respiration.

burning mouth syndrome

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