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Effect of Head Elevation on Passive Upper Airway Collapsibility in Normal Subjects during Propofol Anesthesia

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2011

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Masato Kobayashi, Takao Ayuse, Yuko Hoshino, Shinji Kurata, Shunji Moromugi, Hartmut Schneider, Jason P. Kirkness, Alan R. Schwartz, Kumiko Oi
Anesthesiology

Abstract

: Elevating the head position by 6 cm while ensuring mouth closure (centric occlusion) produces substantial decreases in upper airway collapsibility and maintains upper airway patency during anesthesia.

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