TY - JOUR
AU - Mangar, Devanand
AB - ANESTH ANALG LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1075 1992;75:107&5 lem. I agree that the LMA may be an alternative in the suction and in the functional position, makes an audible event of a failed tracheal intubation. The safety of any sound that may have caused operating room personnel to airway management technique for patients with injured disconnect or inactivate the system to eliminate the sound. cervical spines is speculative without studies of the amount On a random survey, we found that 10 of 10 anesthesia of spine movement during execution and the resultant systems were being used with the scavenging device in the clinical outcome. I thank Drs. Pennant, Gajraj, and Pace for "off" mode. The head technician at Narkomed Inc. re- their comments, and I await publication of their study. ported that if the machine is used with the scavenger system in the off position, the anesthetic gases accumulate Randolph H. Hastings, MD, PhD in the chamber and spill into the room, polluting the Department of Anesthesia operating room environment. Sun Francisco General Hospital Sun Francisco, CA 94110 Figure 1 indicates the correct "on" position with the "ball" in between the two white lines. We would like to emphasize 
TI - Is Your Scavenger System Functional?
JO - Anesthesia & Analgesia
DA - 1992-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/is-your-scavenger-system-functional-quest-sMisR8qXVn
SP - 1075-1075
EP - 1075-1075
VL - 75
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -